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Enrollment
889
Elementary
DISTRICT 738 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAURENS COUNTY·NCES 130189000875
Northwest Laurens Elementary
3330 US Highway 80 W, Dudley, GA 31022 · (478) 676-3475 · Laurens County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL889 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 99% 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.
- A+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
14.1:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
706 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 80 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
56.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +11.2pp since 2021
Math
69.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +20.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 69.8% |
| 2023-24 | 55.7% | 70.8% |
| 2022-23 | 52.5% | 60.9% |
| 2021-22 | 44.9% | 49.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 36% 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 27 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 Laurens Elementary
Northwest Laurens Elementary's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Laurens Elementary this school | 889 | 79.4% | 63.4% |
| Wacona Elementary School Waycross | 885 | 86.4% | 38.8% |
| LAKE OCONEE CHARTER Greensboro | 873 | 80.5% | 57.0% |
| Pine Grove Elementary School Valdosta | 756 | 77.6% | 56.5% |
| Katherine B. Sutton Elementary School Forsyth | 730 | 70.4% | 43.7% |
| Bryan County Elementary School Pembroke | 1,020 | 71.4% | 50.6% |
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 Northwest Laurens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Laurens County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #161 of 1,208 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #133 of 1,215 ▼ 9 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #185 of 1,215 ▲ 42 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #26 of 1,183 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 889 | #146 of 1,324 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #858 of 1,301 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #671 of 1,301 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.4% | #724 of 1,312 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #615 of 854 | N/A |
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
889
+9 (+1%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 889 | 63.1 | 14.1:1 | 79% (706) |
| 2023-24 | 908 | 63 | 14.4:1 | 50% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 898 | 61 | 14.7:1 | 85% (762) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 58 | 15.2:1 | 85% (746) |
| 2017-18 | 963 | 57.3 | 16.8:1 | 84% (810) |
| 2015-16 | 1,002 | 63 | 15.9:1 | 45% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 1,102 | 59 | 18.7:1 | 53% (588) |
| 2000-01 | 967 | 62 | 15.6:1 | 61% (590) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 38 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northwest Laurens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (963 to 889); teachers up 10% (57.3 to 63.1).
About Northwest Laurens Elementary
Northwest Laurens Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Dudley, Georgia, one of the schools in Laurens County. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 889 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Northwest Laurens Elementary is in Laurens County, a district with 6,308 students across 8 schools.
The student body at Northwest Laurens Elementary is 62% White. The school is also 26% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
Teacher count: 63.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. Roughly 79% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Laurens County, the average eligibility rate is 91%.
On the allk12 Grade, Northwest Laurens Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 99% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Northwest Laurens Elementary scores 27.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 63.4% actual versus 36.3% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Laurens County, home to about 49,798 people, the median household earns about $55,010 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. Northwest Laurens Elementary shares Laurens County with 13 other public schools.
West Laurens High School is the nearest public school to Northwest Laurens Elementary, about 6.6 miles away. Within ten miles of Northwest Laurens Elementary, there are 7 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Northwest Laurens Elementary is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 880 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 889. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.2 to 14.1 over 4 years.
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Laurens County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,798
Census ACS
Median income
$55,010
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
8,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Laurens County
- West Laurens High SchoolHigh · 1,262 students
- Southwest Laurens ElementaryElementary · 967 students
- West Laurens Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- East Laurens High SchoolHigh · 662 students
- East Laurens Primary SchoolElementary · 627 students
- East Laurens Middle SchoolMiddle · 536 students
Nearby schools
- West Laurens High School6.6 mi · 1,262
- West Laurens Middle School6.7 mi · 898
- Dublin High School6.9 mi · 596
- Moore Street Facility7.9 mi · 40
- Hillcrest Elementary8.3 mi · 546
- Dublin Middle School8.5 mi · 634
Frequently asked questions
About Northwest Laurens ElementaryHow large is Northwest Laurens Elementary?
Northwest Laurens Elementary enrolls approximately 889 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Northwest Laurens Elementary serve?
Northwest Laurens Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northwest Laurens Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northwest Laurens Elementary is approximately 14.1:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northwest Laurens Elementary?
At Northwest Laurens Elementary, the student body is approximately 62% White, 4% Hispanic, 26% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Northwest Laurens Elementary public or private?
Northwest Laurens Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Laurens County.
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