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If you had an hour of school board time for Pine Log Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARTOW COUNTY·NCES 130033003586
Pine Log Elementary
1095 Cass Pine Log Rd, Rydal, GA 30171 · (770) 606-5864 · Bartow County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
282 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 73 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
48.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.0pp since 2021
Math
64.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +16.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 64.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.9% | 55.7% |
| 2021-22 | 38.6% | 48.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Pine Log Elementary
Pine Log Elementary's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Log Elementary this school | 463 | 60.9% | 56.0% |
| Harmony Elementary School Jasper | 509 | 64.6% | 43.2% |
| Taylorsville Elementary School Taylorsville | 494 | 60.9% | 36.6% |
| Ringgold Elementary School Ringgold | 445 | 56.0% | 42.4% |
| Armuchee Primary School Rome | 480 | 55.6% | N/A |
| Model Elementary School Rome | 501 | 66.1% | 57.8% |
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 Pine Log Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bartow County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #248 of 1,208 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #199 of 1,215 ▼ 15 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #293 of 1,215 ▲ 4 | #1 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.1pp | #57 of 1,183 | #2 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #944 of 1,324 | #12 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #533 of 1,301 | #6 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #1,037 of 1,301 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #932 of 1,312 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.2% | #96 of 386 | #4 of 7 |
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
463
+60 (+15%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 463 | 35.5 | 13.0:1 | 61% (282) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 34.2 | 12.2:1 | 64% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 52% (212) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 53% (212) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 29.2 | 13.1:1 | 61% (232) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 65% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 59% (268) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Log Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (382 to 463); teachers up 22% (29.2 to 35.5).
About Pine Log Elementary
This page covers Pine Log Elementary, a low-enrollment elementary school in Rydal, Georgia. It reported 463 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Georgia have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 23% lower.
Bartow County runs 19 schools with a combined 14,019 students. Pine Log Elementary is one of them.
White students account for 82% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 32, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pine Log Elementary is 13.0:1, based on 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Lunch program data show 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The figure for public schools in Bartow County is close, at 62%.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Pine Log Elementary is 45.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Bartow County show that median household income comes to about $82,243, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 23, with about 18,705 students.
Cass High School is the nearest public school to Pine Log Elementary, about 4.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 56.0% is above the 41.4% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 60 students, from 403 to 463. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.8:1 to 13.0:1.
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Bartow County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,113
Census ACS
Median income
$82,243
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
18,705 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bartow County
- Cass High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Woodland High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
- Adairsville High SchoolHigh · 1,206 students
- Cass Middle SchoolMiddle · 917 students
- Adairsville Elementary SchoolElementary · 868 students
- Adairsville Middle SchoolMiddle · 862 students
Nearby schools
- Cass High School4.2 mi · 1,570
- White Elementary School4.4 mi · 562
- Fairmount Elementary School7.4 mi · 366
- Clear Creek Elementary School7.7 mi · 614
- Sonoraville High School8.8 mi · 1,094
- Sonoraville Elementary9.0 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Log ElementaryHow large is Pine Log Elementary?
Pine Log Elementary enrolls approximately 463 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pine Log Elementary serve?
Pine Log Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pine Log Elementary?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at Pine Log Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Pine Log Elementary?
Student demographics at Pine Log Elementary are roughly 82% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Pine Log Elementary public or private?
Pine Log Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bartow County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.