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If you could change one rule at Mountain Road Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 811 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEROKEE COUNTY·NCES 130111002066
Mountain Road Elementary School
615 Mountain Rd, Woodstock, GA 30188 · (770) 721-8520 · Cherokee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
12.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
85 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 74%
Community
1
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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
61.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.3pp since 2021
Math
65.9%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.9% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 63.3% |
| 2022-23 | 62.2% | 72.5% |
| 2021-22 | 52.6% | 70.6% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Mountain Road Elementary School
Mountain Road Elementary School's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Road Elementary School this school | 370 | 23.0% | 63.3% |
| Oconee County Primary School Watkinsville | 404 | 22.5% | N/A |
| Springdale Park Elementary School Atlanta | 437 | 18.3% | 82.5% |
| Alpharetta Elementary School Alpharetta | 498 | 17.9% | 78.1% |
| Oconee County Elementary School Watkinsville | 404 | 19.1% | 73.5% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School Atlanta | 429 | 11.0% | 73.4% |
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 Mountain Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #163 of 1,208 | #4 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #177 of 1,215 ▲ 30 | #9 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #126 of 1,215 ▲ 34 | #2 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.3pp | #580 of 1,183 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #1,143 of 1,324 | #22 of 24 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #458 of 1,301 | #7 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #665 of 1,301 | #14 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #1,209 of 1,312 | #19 of 24 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #363 of 854 | #2 of 11 |
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
370
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 370 | 29 | 12.8:1 | 23% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 372 | 30.3 | 12.3:1 | 30% (113) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 32.1 | 12.6:1 | 20% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 20% (80) |
| 2017-18 | 436 | 31.5 | 13.8:1 | 21% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 19% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 568 | 34 | 16.7:1 | 15% (84) |
| 2000-01 | 526 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 5% (28) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 39 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mountain Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (436 to 370); teachers down 8% (31.5 to 29).
About Mountain Road Elementary School
Mountain Road Elementary School is a small elementary school based in Woodstock, Georgia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 370 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 39% lower.
District-wide, Cherokee County has 37 schools and 42,031 students.
At 65%, White students outnumber all other groups at Mountain Road Elementary School combined. It is also 15% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Cherokee County's residents are about 76% White, 12 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, Mountain Road Elementary School comes in at 55%.
At Mountain Road Elementary School, 29 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.8:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 23% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Cherokee County is 37%.
Mountain Road Elementary School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 69% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Mountain Road Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.3% and a predicted 65.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Cherokee County show that median household income is about $108,115, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 38 public schools operate in Cherokee County, serving about 42,642 students.
The shortest distance from Mountain Road Elementary School to another public school is about 2.4 miles, to Hickory Flat Elementary School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Mountain Road Elementary School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The number of students dropped from 391 to 370 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.0 to 12.8 over 4 years.
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Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
281,032
Census ACS
Median income
$108,115
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
38
42,642 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cherokee County
- Cherokee High SchoolHigh · 3,012 students
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 2,039 students
- Sequoyah High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
Other schools in Woodstock
- Etowah High SchoolHigh · 2,393 students
- Woodstock High SchoolHigh · 2,006 students
- River Ridge High SchoolHigh · 1,902 students
- E. T. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,675 students
- Mill Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,476 students
- Little River Elem.Elementary · 1,232 students
Nearby schools
- Hickory Flat Elementary School2.4 mi · 890
- Dean Rusk Middle School2.6 mi · 1,543
- Sequoyah High School2.6 mi · 2,021
- Arnold Mill Elementary School2.8 mi · 767
- Birmingham Falls Elementary School3.8 mi · 696
- Mill Creek Middle School4.4 mi · 1,476
Frequently asked questions
About Mountain Road Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mountain Road Elementary School?
Mountain Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mountain Road Elementary School serve?
Mountain Road Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mountain Road Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mountain Road Elementary School is approximately 12.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mountain Road Elementary School?
At Mountain Road Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Mountain Road Elementary School?
Mountain Road Elementary School is overseen by Cherokee County in Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.