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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALL COUNTY·NCES 130261001156
Myers Elementary School
2676 Candler Rd, Gainesville, GA 30507 · (770) 536-0814 · Hall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- A+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
11.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
479 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
35%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
27.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.4pp since 2021
Math
44.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +29.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.9% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 34.6% |
| 2022-23 | 14.5% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 14.1% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Myers Elementary School
Myers Elementary School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myers Elementary School this school | 524 | 91.4% | 29.3% |
| Tadmore Elementary School Gainesville | 488 | 91.4% | 20.7% |
| Green Acres Elementary School Smyrna | 584 | 94.5% | 19.0% |
| McEver Elementary School Gainesville | 487 | 85.6% | 23.5% |
| Eastside Elementary School Dalton | 579 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
| Fair Street International Academy Gainesville | 651 | 91.1% | 14.6% |
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 Myers Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #820 of 1,208 | #15 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #539 of 1,215 ▲ 198 | #8 of 26 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #801 of 1,215 ▲ 112 | #13 of 26 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.1pp | #22 of 1,183 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #805 of 1,324 | #21 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #265 of 1,301 | #1 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.5% | #1,016 of 1,301 | #20 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #566 of 1,312 | #3 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #214 of 854 | #4 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
524
-55 (-9%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 524 | 43.9 | 11.9:1 | 91% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 557 | 45.8 | 12.2:1 | 92% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 602 | 46.5 | 12.9:1 | 83% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 43 | 13.5:1 | 80% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 92% (612) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 93% (633) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 51 | 14.5:1 | 92% (679) |
| 2000-01 | 701 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 74% (518) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 22 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Myers Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (664 to 524); teachers down 9% (48 to 43.9).
About Myers Elementary School
Myers Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Gainesville, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 524 students.
Hall County has 38 schools and 28,028 students, and Myers Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 80% of enrollment at Myers Elementary School. Other groups include 14% White, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 29% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Myers Elementary School comes in at 35%.
Teacher staffing is 43.9 full-time equivalents, or about 11.9 students per teacher. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is higher than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 91%. On average, public schools in Hall County report 64%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Myers Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Myers Elementary School are within a point of what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (29.3% actual, 30.1% predicted).
Hall County has about 212,705 residents, and median household income is about $80,901, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Federal data list 49 public schools in Hall County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,525.
The school nearest to Myers Elementary School is Chicopee Elementary School, at a distance of about 2.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Myers Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Myers Elementary School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment was 579 in 2020-21 and 524 in 2024-25, a decrease of 55 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.9:1) than in 2020-21 (13.5:1).
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Hall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,705
Census ACS
Median income
$80,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
36,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hall County
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Flowery Branch HighHigh · 1,304 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- West Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,274 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- Cherokee Bluff High SchoolHigh · 1,202 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- East Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- North Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,164 students
Other Myers Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Myers Elementary. Myers Elementary School is the largest of the 7.
- Myers Elementary SchoolGRAND BLANC, MI · 479 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 459 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolYukon, OK · 397 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolSalem, OR · 342 students
- Myers Elementary SchoolTAYLOR, MI · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Chicopee Elementary School2.6 mi · 809
- Sugar Hill Elementary2.8 mi · 685
- World Language Academy4.1 mi · 677
- Johnson High School4.2 mi · 1,318
- World Language Academy Middle School4.4 mi · 256
- South Hall Middle School4.4 mi · 955
Frequently asked questions
About Myers Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Myers Elementary School?
Myers Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Myers Elementary School serve?
Myers Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Myers Elementary School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Myers Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Myers Elementary School?
Student demographics at Myers Elementary School are roughly 14% White, 80% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Myers Elementary School in?
Myers Elementary School is part of Hall County.
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