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Alumni: what's one memory from Northwest Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
557
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MURRAY COUNTY·NCES 130384001385
Northwest Elementary School
110 McEntire Cir, Chatsworth, GA 30705 · (706) 695-2262 · Murray County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL557 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
557 students
DISTRICT 97% · 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 | 45 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
38.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.8pp since 2021
Math
46.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +15.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.2% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 42.5% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 30.9% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 21 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 Northwest Elementary School
Northwest Elementary School's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Elementary School this school | 557 | 100.0% | 46.4% |
| Red Bud Elementary School Calhoun | 547 | 98.9% | 37.0% |
| Eton Elementary School Chatsworth | 556 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| Tolbert Elementary School Resaca | 528 | 99.1% | 39.9% |
| Rabun County Primary School Tiger | 607 | 99.8% | N/A |
| Beaverdale Elementary School Dalton | 488 | 100.0% | 37.8% |
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 Northwest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Murray County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #408 of 1,208 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #487 of 1,215 ▲ 62 | #3 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #502 of 1,215 ▼ 33 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #113 of 1,183 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 557 | #713 of 1,324 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,060 of 1,301 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #977 of 1,301 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #309 of 1,312 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.4% | #697 of 854 | #5 of 6 |
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
557
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 381
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 557 | 37.5 | 14.8:1 | 100% (557) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 77% (448) |
| 2022-23 | 593 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 77% (455) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 80% (437) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 36.1 | 16.3:1 | 82% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 79% (375) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 69% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 663 | 29 | 22.9:1 | 57% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 381 | 20 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (589 to 557); teachers up 4% (36.1 to 37.5).
About Northwest Elementary School
Northwest Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school with an address in Chatsworth, Georgia. In all, 557 students attend the school in pre-K through 6.
Murray County oversees Northwest Elementary School and 10 other schools, with 6,585 students in total.
More than half of enrollment at Northwest Elementary School is White: 76%. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic. Murray County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Northwest Elementary School scores 38%.
Northwest Elementary School lists 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.8 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1. About 100% of students at Northwest Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Northwest Elementary School is among the top 10% of schools in Georgia. Predicted: 25.7%. Actual: 46.4%.
Census data for Murray County show median household income comes to about $69,253, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 15%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The county has 11 public schools and about 6,585 students.
The closest school to Northwest Elementary School is Eton Elementary School, located about 3.6 miles away. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of Northwest Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 46.4% is above the 33.2% average for nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school grew from 543 students in 2020-21 to 557 in 2024-25.
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Murray County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,562
Census ACS
Median income
$69,253
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
6,585 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Murray County
- Murray County High SchoolHigh · 1,068 students
- North Murray High SchoolHigh · 961 students
- Spring Place Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Chatsworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Coker Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Eton Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
Other schools in Chatsworth
- Murray County High SchoolHigh · 1,068 students
- North Murray High SchoolHigh · 961 students
- Spring Place Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Chatsworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- Coker Elementary SchoolElementary · 613 students
- Eton Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
Other Northwest Elementary schools
28 other US public schools in 18 states are named Northwest Elementary. Northwest Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 29.
- Northwest Elementary SchoolTulsa, OK · 959 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolJACKSON, MI · 758 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTAMPA, FL · 658 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolLa Salle, IL · 650 students
- Northwest ElementaryLexington, NC · 625 students
Nearby schools
- Eton Elementary School3.6 mi · 556
- Bagley Middle School3.6 mi · 457
- Woodlawn Elementary School3.8 mi · 498
- Pleasant Valley Innovative School4.2 mi · 64
- Beaverdale Elementary School4.2 mi · 488
- North Murray High School4.7 mi · 961
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Northwest Elementary School?
Northwest Elementary School enrolls approximately 557 students in grades PK-06.
Is Northwest Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northwest Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwest Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northwest Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Northwest Elementary School?
Northwest Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Northwest Elementary School in?
Northwest Elementary School is part of Murray County.
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