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Best kept secret at Mount Carmel Elementary School?
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Enrollment
547
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282002329
Mount Carmel Elementary School
2450 Mount Carmel Rd, Hampton, GA 30228 · (770) 897-9799 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL547 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
419 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
31.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.1pp since 2021
Math
35.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.4% | 35.4% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 36.2% |
| 2022-23 | 33.4% | 38.2% |
| 2021-22 | 34.6% | 31.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Mount Carmel Elementary School
Mount Carmel Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Carmel Elementary School this school | 547 | 76.6% | 33.8% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School Stockbridge | 522 | 73.9% | 29.4% |
| Arbor Station Elementary School Douglasville | 544 | 74.8% | 35.0% |
| Lorraine Elementary School Stockbridge | 571 | 73.2% | 35.8% |
| Cotton Indian Elementary School Stockbridge | 545 | 80.4% | 22.6% |
| Georgetown School Savannah | 544 | 77.2% | 42.1% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Mount Carmel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #702 of 1,208 | #8 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #723 of 1,215 ▼ 31 | #9 of 28 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #680 of 1,215 ▲ 17 | #9 of 28 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #718 of 1,183 | #19 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 547 | #744 of 1,324 | #20 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #938 of 1,301 | #13 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #506 of 1,301 | #9 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #766 of 1,312 | #8 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #538 of 854 | #14 of 19 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
547
-52 (-9%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 580
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 547 | 38.2 | 14.3:1 | 77% (419) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 39.5 | 14.2:1 | 80% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 37.5 | 16.1:1 | 67% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 58% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 62% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 40 | 15.6:1 | 58% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 44 | 14.4:1 | 53% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 37 | 15.7:1 | 17% (100) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Carmel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (607 to 547); teachers down 13% (44 to 38.2).
About Mount Carmel Elementary School
At 2450 Mount Carmel Rd in Hampton, Georgia, Mount Carmel Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It has an enrollment of 547 students in pre-K through 5.
Mount Carmel Elementary School sits within Henry County, which has 53 schools and 43,012 students.
The share of Black students at Mount Carmel Elementary School is 59%, a majority. Smaller groups are 19% Hispanic, 14% White, and 7% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Mount Carmel Elementary School totals 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher. Federal data show 77% of students (419) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Henry County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
Mount Carmel Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 37.8% at Mount Carmel Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.8%.
Henry County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,146, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 54 public schools in the county, enrolling about 43,102, Mount Carmel Elementary School among them.
Dutchtown Elementary School is the nearest public school to Mount Carmel Elementary School, about 2.0 miles away. Within five miles of Mount Carmel Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Mount Carmel Elementary School is ahead of the 27.3% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 8.
The NCES locale for Mount Carmel Elementary School is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 9%, from 599 to 547.
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Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in Hampton
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Eddie White Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,364 students
- Hampton High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Dutchtown Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Michelle Obama STEM Elementary AcademyElementary · 1,048 students
Other Mount Carmel Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mount Carmel Elementary. Mount Carmel Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Mount Carmel Elementary SchoolDouglasville, GA · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Dutchtown Elementary School2.0 mi · 962
- Dutchtown High2.3 mi · 1,821
- Dutchtown Middle School2.4 mi · 1,108
- Martha K. Glaze Regional Youth Detention Center2.4 mi · 21
- Hampton Elementary School3.7 mi · 466
- Pate's Creek Elementary School4.0 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Carmel Elementary SchoolHow large is Mount Carmel Elementary School?
Mount Carmel Elementary School enrolls approximately 547 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Mount Carmel Elementary School serve?
Mount Carmel Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Mount Carmel Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Mount Carmel Elementary School.
How diverse is Mount Carmel Elementary School?
Mount Carmel Elementary School reports a student body of 14% White, 19% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Mount Carmel Elementary School in?
Mount Carmel Elementary School is part of Henry County.
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