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What's the most underrated thing about Pine Ridge Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
635
+101 (+19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.8:1
% White
69%
was 78%
% Hispanic
9%
was 4%
% Black
15%
was 14%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Pine Ridge Elementary School
Pine Ridge Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community in Ellerslie, Georgia, part of Harris County. The school teaches 635 students in grades pre-K through 4.
Within Harris County, which oversees 7 schools and 5,663 students, Pine Ridge Elementary School is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Pine Ridge Elementary School lists that White students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder looks like 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Pine Ridge Elementary School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pine Ridge Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.4%, the actual is 60.6%, a residual of +2.2 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $97,302, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Pine Ridge Elementary School is one of 7 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 5,663 students).
Nearest neighbor: Mathews Elementary School, around 5.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pine Ridge Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.9%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pine Ridge Elementary School has climbed 19%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 635 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 78% to 69%.
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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
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.