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What's one thing North Fayette Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
616
Elementary
DISTRICT 588 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAYETTE COUNTY·NCES 130213001893
North Fayette Elementary School
609 Kenwood Rd, Fayetteville, GA 30214 · (770) 460-3570 · Fayette County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% 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.
- B+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
14.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
418 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
51.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.4pp since 2021
Math
49.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.2% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 53.3% | 51.9% |
| 2022-23 | 47.7% | 48.4% |
| 2021-22 | 48.8% | 42.2% |
% 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
50.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 North Fayette Elementary School
North Fayette Elementary School's state test result (50.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fayette Elementary School this school | 616 | 67.9% | 50.4% |
| Flippen Elementary School McDonough | 559 | 69.6% | 32.0% |
| Chapel Hill Elementary School Douglasville | 620 | 69.2% | 32.5% |
| New Life Academy of Excellence Duluth | 645 | 66.2% | 43.3% |
| Lorraine Elementary School Stockbridge | 571 | 73.2% | 35.8% |
| Fayetteville Elementary School Fayetteville | 507 | 64.7% | 49.1% |
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 North Fayette Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Fayette County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.4% | #345 of 1,208 | #13 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #408 of 1,215 ▼ 21 | #14 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #256 of 1,215 ▲ 6 | #11 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #381 of 1,183 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #557 of 1,324 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #829 of 1,301 | #10 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.4% | #673 of 1,301 | #13 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #856 of 1,312 | #2 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #785 of 854 | #7 of 8 |
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
616
+3 (+0%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 596
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
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 | 616 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 68% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 73% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 603 | 41 | 14.7:1 | 62% (373) |
| 2020-21 | 613 | 42 | 14.6:1 | 57% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 56% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 623 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 54% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 467 | 39 | 12.0:1 | 59% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 412 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 21% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 596 | 43 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for North Fayette Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (634 to 616); teachers up 2% (43 to 44).
About North Fayette Elementary School
North Fayette Elementary School sits in Fayetteville, Georgia, and is classified as an elementary school. It reports enrollment of 616 students in pre-K through 5.
Besides North Fayette Elementary School, Fayette County runs 23 other schools. The district enrolls 19,800 students.
At North Fayette Elementary School, 63% of students are Black. It is also 21% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% White, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Fayette County is roughly 26% Black. The diversity index for North Fayette Elementary School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at North Fayette Elementary School, which has 44. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at North Fayette Elementary School is about 68%. For comparison, public schools in Fayette County average 34%.
North Fayette Elementary School earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 78% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 42.3% at North Fayette Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.4%.
The school is in Fayette County, where median household income comes to about $111,978, roughly 50% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fayette County's 26 public schools enroll about 20,375 students and include North Fayette Elementary School.
Lake Ridge Elementary School is the nearest public school to North Fayette Elementary School, about 2.9 miles away. Within five miles of North Fayette Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, North Fayette Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 613 in 2020-21, 616 in 2024-25.
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Fayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
122,244
Census ACS
Median income
$111,978
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
50%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
20,375 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fayette County
- McIntosh High SchoolHigh · 1,762 students
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Sandy Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- J.C. Booth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,115 students
Other schools in Fayetteville
- Fayette County High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Starrs Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,357 students
- Whitewater High SchoolHigh · 1,303 students
- Rising Starr Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Bennett's Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 876 students
- Whitewater Middle SchoolMiddle · 874 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Ridge Elementary School2.9 mi · 498
- Pointe South Middle School3.5 mi · 693
- Pointe South Elementary School3.5 mi · 508
- Fayetteville Elementary School3.9 mi · 507
- Fayette County High School4.0 mi · 1,360
- Nolan Elementary School4.2 mi · 779
Frequently asked questions
About North Fayette Elementary SchoolHow large is North Fayette Elementary School?
North Fayette Elementary School enrolls approximately 616 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does North Fayette Elementary School serve?
North Fayette Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does North Fayette Elementary School have?
North Fayette Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the student diversity at North Fayette Elementary School?
Student demographics at North Fayette Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 21% Hispanic, 63% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees North Fayette Elementary School?
North Fayette Elementary School is overseen by Fayette County in Fayette County.
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