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Alumni: what's one memory from Pepperell Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLOYD COUNTY·NCES 130219002260
Pepperell Elementary
270 Hughes Dairy Rd SE, Lindale, GA 30147 · (706) 290-8527 · Floyd County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 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.
- 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
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
388 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 176 | 33% |
| Grade 3 | 191 | 36% |
| Grade 4 | 167 | 31% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
40.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.0pp since 2021
Math
57.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +12.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.3% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 55.6% |
| 2022-23 | 39.3% | 42.4% |
| 2021-22 | 38.4% | 45.0% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Pepperell Elementary
Pepperell Elementary's state test result (48.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pepperell Elementary this school | 534 | 72.7% | 48.1% |
| Rosemont Elementary School LaGrange | 542 | 72.5% | 58.3% |
| Pepperell Primary Lindale | 456 | 69.1% | N/A |
| Model Elementary School Rome | 501 | 66.1% | 57.8% |
| Nevils Elementary School Statesboro | 481 | 79.2% | 56.5% |
| Whigham Elementary School Whigham | 543 | 79.2% | 45.2% |
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 Pepperell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Floyd County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #381 of 1,208 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #290 of 1,215 ▲ 37 | #6 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.3% | #464 of 1,215 ▲ 83 | #6 of 13 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #252 of 1,183 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #784 of 1,324 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #849 of 1,301 | #11 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.9% | #935 of 1,301 | #9 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.7% | #803 of 1,312 | #8 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #303 of 854 | #4 of 10 |
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
534
+45 (+9%) vs 2020
-15% since 2000-01, when it was 626
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 534 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 73% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 65% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 64% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 32 | 15.3:1 | 71% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 68% (440) |
| 2015-16 | 702 | 42 | 16.7:1 | 73% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 475 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 67% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 37 | 16.9:1 | 45% (281) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pepperell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (644 to 534); teachers down 7% (41 to 38).
About Pepperell Elementary
Pepperell Elementary is an elementary school in Lindale, Georgia, reachable at (706) 290-8527. It has an enrollment of 534 students in grades 2 through 4.
Pepperell Elementary falls under Floyd County, which has 15 schools enrolling 8,949 students.
More than half of the students at Pepperell Elementary are White (75%). The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 41%.
On staff are 38 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. About 73% of students at Pepperell Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Floyd County average a similar 75%.
On the allk12 Grade, Pepperell Elementary lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Pepperell Elementary's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 48.1% is 8.3 points above the 39.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Floyd County, home to about 99,693 people, median household income comes to about $65,565, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 25 public schools in the county, enrolling about 15,383, Pepperell Elementary among them.
Pepperell Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Pepperell Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Pepperell Elementary holds 4 other public schools. Pepperell Elementary comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Pepperell Elementary's location as Rural: Fringe.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% gain, from 489 to 534. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.3:1 in 2020-21 to 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Floyd County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
99,693
Census ACS
Median income
$65,565
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
15,383 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Floyd County
- Armuchee High SchoolHigh · 953 students
- Model HighHigh · 915 students
- Pepperell High SchoolHigh · 866 students
- Coosa High SchoolHigh · 861 students
- Garden Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Model Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
Other schools in Lindale
- Pepperell High SchoolHigh · 866 students
- Pepperell Middle SchoolMiddle · 518 students
- Pepperell PrimaryElementary · 456 students
Nearby schools
- Pepperell Middle School0.2 mi · 518
- Pepperell High School1.2 mi · 866
- Pepperell Primary1.2 mi · 456
- East Central Elementary School5.0 mi · 439
- Anna K. Davie Elementary5.3 mi · 413
- Main Elementary School6.7 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Pepperell ElementaryHow many students attend Pepperell Elementary?
Pepperell Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades 02-04.
What age range does Pepperell Elementary serve?
Pepperell Elementary serves students from grade 02 through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pepperell Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pepperell Elementary is approximately 14.1:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Pepperell Elementary?
Pepperell Elementary reports a student body of 75% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Pepperell Elementary?
Pepperell Elementary is overseen by Floyd County in Floyd County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.