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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570001828
Pleasant Grove Elementary School
2725 Cleveland Hwy, Dalton, GA 30721 · (706) 259-3920 · Whitfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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.
- 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.
- B-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
12.4:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
451 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 20 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
52%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
41.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -9.0pp since 2021
Math
59.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 59.6% |
| 2023-24 | 40.1% | 55.4% |
| 2022-23 | 39.2% | 45.9% |
| 2021-22 | 51.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% 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 23 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 Pleasant Grove Elementary School
Pleasant Grove Elementary School's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School this school | 451 | 100.0% | 48.7% |
| Baldwin Elementary School Baldwin | 422 | 100.0% | 34.3% |
| Cedar Ridge Elementary Dalton | 399 | 100.0% | 31.5% |
| Cornelia Elementary School Cornelia | 491 | 100.0% | 23.4% |
| Antioch Elementary School Dalton | 446 | 100.0% | 31.1% |
| Dawnville Elementary School Dalton | 413 | 100.0% | 25.4% |
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 Pleasant Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #369 of 1,208 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #253 of 1,215 ▲ 79 | #2 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #423 of 1,215 ▲ 92 | #6 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #660 of 1,183 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #968 of 1,324 | #11 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #370 of 1,301 | #12 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #744 of 1,301 | #8 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #437 of 1,312 | #3 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #382 of 386 | 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
451
+40 (+10%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 451 | 36.4 | 12.4:1 | 100% (451) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 34.4 | 12.9:1 | 86% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 35.4 | 12.7:1 | 75% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 74% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 34 | 13.2:1 | 80% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 83% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 75% (404) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 31 | 16.8:1 | 33% (170) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 29 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (449 to 451); teachers up 7% (34 to 36.4).
About Pleasant Grove Elementary School
The public elementary school Pleasant Grove Elementary School is located in Dalton, Georgia. The school serves 451 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students.
Pleasant Grove Elementary School sits within Whitfield County, which has 22 schools and 11,942 students.
Pleasant Grove Elementary School's enrollment is 61% Hispanic. Other groups include 32% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Whitfield County residents are about 37% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Pleasant Grove Elementary School comes in at 52%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 12.4:1, with 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. Across public schools in Whitfield County, the average is 83%.
Pleasant Grove Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 84% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school in Georgia with Pleasant Grove Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 25.7%. Pleasant Grove Elementary School scores 48.7%.
In the county around the school, Whitfield County, median household income is about $67,070, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pleasant Grove Elementary School is among the 33 public schools in Whitfield County.
The closest other public school is Hammond Creek Middle School, about 2.3 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 32.3% on proficiency, and Pleasant Grove Elementary School is above that at 48.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Pleasant Grove Elementary School went from 411 students to 451.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitfield County
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
Other schools in Dalton
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
Other Pleasant Grove Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 8 states are named Pleasant Grove Elementary. Pleasant Grove Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 12.
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolStockbridge, GA · 522 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolGreenwood, IN · 739 students
- PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 678 students
- Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolMount Washington, KY · 661 students
- PLEASANT GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLINVERNESS, FL · 637 students
Nearby schools
- Hammond Creek Middle School2.3 mi · 1,057
- Park Creek Elementary School2.7 mi · 604
- The Dalton Academy2.7 mi · 469
- Dalton Jr. High School2.7 mi · 517
- North Whitfield Middle School3.0 mi · 731
- Elbert Shaw Regional Youth Detention Center3.0 mi · 9
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Grove Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Grove Elementary School?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pleasant Grove Elementary School serve?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pleasant Grove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pleasant Grove Elementary School is approximately 12.4:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Grove Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Grove Elementary School are roughly 32% White, 61% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Grove Elementary School in?
Pleasant Grove Elementary School is part of Whitfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.