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Best kept secret at Mount Yonah Elementary School?
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Enrollment
424
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE COUNTY·NCES 130567003018
Mount Yonah Elementary School
1161 Duncan Bridge Rd, Sautee Nacoochee, GA 30571 · (706) 865-3514 · White County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL424 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
12.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
377 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 24 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within White County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
41.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.9pp since 2021
Math
53.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 53.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 54.9% |
| 2022-23 | 49.3% | 51.1% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 52.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Yonah Elementary School
Mount Yonah Elementary School's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Yonah Elementary School this school | 424 | 88.9% | 48.8% |
| Chattanooga Valley Elementary School Flintstone | 418 | 89.7% | 54.2% |
| Tesnatee Gap Elementary (Old White Co. Intermediate) Cleveland | 482 | 88.4% | 35.5% |
| Rock Spring Elementary School Rock Spring | 419 | 93.6% | 36.8% |
| Jack P Nix Elementary School Cleveland | 409 | 89.7% | 51.0% |
| Tiger Creek Elementary School Tunnel Hill | 400 | 92.8% | 39.7% |
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 Yonah Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #368 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #344 of 1,215 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #429 of 1,215 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #305 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 424 | #1,045 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #472 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #1,231 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #594 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #477 of 854 |
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
424
+17 (+4%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 424 | 33.1 | 12.8:1 | 89% (377) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 32.4 | 13.8:1 | 65% (289) |
| 2022-23 | 459 | 31.3 | 14.7:1 | 51% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 51% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 479 | 34.5 | 13.9:1 | 50% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 51% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 50% (290) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Yonah Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (479 to 424); teachers down 4% (34.5 to 33.1).
About Mount Yonah Elementary School
Mount Yonah Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 424 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 30% lower.
Mount Yonah Elementary School is one school in White County, a system of 6 schools with 3,782 students.
Mount Yonah Elementary School's enrollment is 91% White. The next largest groups are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, about 90% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 33.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 89%. Across public schools in White County, the average is 68%.
allk12 grades Mount Yonah Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations places Mount Yonah Elementary School in the top 10% of Georgia schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 17.4 points above it (48.8% actual, 31.4% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for White County show that the median household income is $70,666, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. There are 7 public schools in White County, enrolling about 5,474 students in all.
The closest other public school is Mountain Education High School, about 2.3 miles away. Mount Yonah Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Mount Yonah Elementary School's average proficiency of 48.8% compares with 43.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
In the federal locale system, Mount Yonah Elementary School is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show a 4% enrollment rise, from 407 in 2020-21 to 424 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Mount Yonah Elementary School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,810
Census ACS
Median income
$70,666
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
5,474 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in White County
- White County High SchoolHigh · 1,140 students
- White County Middle SchoolMiddle · 900 students
- Tesnatee Gap Elementary (Old White Co. Intermediate)Elementary · 482 students
- Mossy Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Jack P Nix Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Nearby schools
- Mountain Education High School2.3 mi · 1,692
- White County Middle School5.5 mi · 900
- Jack P Nix Elementary School5.7 mi · 409
- White County High School6.0 mi · 1,140
- Tesnatee Gap Elementary (Old White Co. Intermediate)6.4 mi · 482
- Mossy Creek Elementary School8.7 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Yonah Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mount Yonah Elementary School?
Mount Yonah Elementary School enrolls approximately 424 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mount Yonah Elementary School serve?
Mount Yonah Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mount Yonah Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mount Yonah Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mount Yonah Elementary School?
At Mount Yonah Elementary School, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Mount Yonah Elementary School?
Mount Yonah Elementary School is overseen by White County in White County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.