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Which teacher or staff member at Pine Ridge Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
635
Elementary
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRIS COUNTY·NCES 130270002083
Pine Ridge Elementary School
15750 Ga Highway 315, Ellerslie, GA 31807 · (706) 568-6578 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
15.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
233 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 79 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 17% smaller than its 4th grade class (123).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Pine Ridge Elementary School→Creekside School→Harris County Carver Middle School→Harris County High School
Based on grade levels within Harris County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
56.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +12.1pp since 2021
Math
63.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 63.2% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 67.3% |
| 2022-23 | 43.9% | 53.3% |
| 2021-22 | 44.7% | 51.5% |
% 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
60.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Ridge Elementary School
Pine Ridge Elementary School's state test result (60.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Ridge Elementary School this school | 635 | 36.7% | 60.6% |
| Mulberry Creek Elementary School Cataula | 529 | 35.5% | 55.2% |
| Turner Woods Elementary School Gray | 590 | 35.1% | 56.2% |
| Dames Ferry Elementary School Gray | 613 | 39.8% | 56.1% |
| Eastside Elementary School Senoia | 602 | 33.9% | 56.3% |
| Moreland Elementary School Moreland | 547 | 40.8% | 54.2% |
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 Pine Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #192 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #211 of 1,215 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #171 of 1,215 ▲ 60 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.9pp | #82 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #517 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #1,135 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #808 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #1,139 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.9% | #108 of 386 |
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
635
+50 (+9%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 635 | 41.8 | 15.2:1 | 37% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 40.9 | 15.2:1 | 40% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 639 | 40.1 | 15.9:1 | 30% (191) |
| 2020-21 | 585 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 29% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 33.9 | 15.8:1 | 33% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 34 | 17.1:1 | 35% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 32% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 494 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 36% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 25 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pine Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 19% (534 to 635); teachers up 23% (33.9 to 41.8).
About Pine Ridge Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Pine Ridge Elementary School serves students in Ellerslie, Georgia. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 635 students in pre-K through 4.
Harris County is responsible for 7 schools, Pine Ridge Elementary School included, with 5,663 students in all.
White students make up a majority at Pine Ridge Elementary School, at 69%. The remaining shares are 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 49% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 15.2:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Pine Ridge Elementary School is 37%. That tracks the 39% average for public schools in Harris County.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Pine Ridge Elementary School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Pine Ridge Elementary School, the prediction is 58.4% and the result is 60.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household income is $97,302, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Pine Ridge Elementary School is one of 7 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: Mathews Elementary School, about 5.2 miles away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 43.9% on proficiency, and Pine Ridge Elementary School is above that at 60.6%.
Pine Ridge Elementary School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
Enrollment climbed 9% from its 2020-21 level of 585. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.3:1 to 15.2:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Pine Ridge Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,086
Census ACS
Median income
$97,302
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
5,663 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Harris County
- Harris County High SchoolHigh · 1,733 students
- Harris County Carver Middle SchoolMiddle · 849 students
- Creekside SchoolMiddle · 780 students
- Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 628 students
- Mulberry Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- New Mountain Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
Other Pine Ridge Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Pine Ridge Elementary. Pine Ridge Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolStone Mountain, GA · 551 students
- PINE RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCLERMONT, FL · 690 students
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 617 students
- Pine Ridge ElementaryBend, OR · 528 students
- Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolGRAND RAPIDS, MI · 472 students
Nearby schools
- Mathews Elementary School5.2 mi · 702
- Aaron Cohn Middle School5.6 mi · 525
- Midland Academy5.7 mi · 622
- Midland Middle School5.8 mi · 455
- Mulberry Creek Elementary School6.1 mi · 529
- Creekside School6.2 mi · 780
Frequently asked questions
About Pine Ridge Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pine Ridge Elementary School?
Pine Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 635 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Pine Ridge Elementary School serve?
Pine Ridge Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Pine Ridge Elementary School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Pine Ridge Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pine Ridge Elementary School?
At Pine Ridge Elementary School, the student body is approximately 69% White, 9% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Pine Ridge Elementary School public or private?
Pine Ridge Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.