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New Georgia Elementary School
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About New Georgia Elementary School
New Georgia Elementary School operates as an intimate elementary-level community in Villa Rica, Georgia, overseen by Paulding County. Current enrollment sits at 336 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 44% smaller than typical.
Within Paulding County, which oversees 34 schools and 31,426 students, New Georgia Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, New Georgia Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 24% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.
Looking at school resources, On paper, New Georgia Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, New Georgia Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.4%, the actual is 41.7%, a residual of -8.7 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Paulding County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $98,031 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Paulding County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students), of which New Georgia Elementary School is one.
South Paulding Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts New Georgia Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 33.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Looking at the recent track record. New Georgia Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 306 (now 336). The White share of enrollment edged down from 74% to 55% over that span.
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