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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 641 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWTON COUNTY·NCES 130393001459
Porterdale Elementary School
45 Ram Dr, Covington, GA 30014 · (770) 784-2928 · Newton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- 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
13.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
405 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 | 64 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
19.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.8pp since 2021
Math
24.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.6% | 24.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.6% | 24.6% |
| 2022-23 | 16.9% | 10.9% |
| 2021-22 | 12.9% | 10.7% |
% 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
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Porterdale Elementary School
Porterdale Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porterdale Elementary School this school | 405 | 100.0% | 27.0% |
| Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy Columbus | 382 | 100.0% | 34.6% |
| Glenn Hills Elementary School Augusta | 370 | 100.0% | 9.4% |
| Rigdon Road Elementary School Columbus | 437 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Dimon Elementary Columbus | 358 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Woodridge Elementary School Stone Mountain | 444 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
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 Porterdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Newton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #886 of 1,208 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #978 of 1,215 ▼ 25 | #5 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,023 of 1,215 ▼ 93 | #10 of 14 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.2pp | #128 of 1,183 | #1 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #1,082 of 1,324 | #12 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #545 of 1,301 | #3 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #952 of 1,301 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #337 of 1,312 | #2 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #750 of 854 | #8 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
405
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 405 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 30.2 | 13.9:1 | 90% (379) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 31.2 | 13.4:1 | 85% (354) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 78% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 30.5 | 13.8:1 | 80% (337) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 88% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 34 | 14.5:1 | 83% (408) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 37 | 17.2:1 | 42% (269) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 40 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Porterdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (422 to 405); teachers up 2% (30.5 to 31).
About Porterdale Elementary School
Porterdale Elementary School is a public elementary school in Covington, Georgia. In all, 405 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 33% below the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Newton County is the district for Porterdale Elementary School. It has 22 schools and 18,672 students.
The share of Black students at Porterdale Elementary School is 76%, a majority. It is also 12% Hispanic, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Newton County is roughly 48% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 40, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 13.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Porterdale Elementary School, which has 31. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 13.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. That rate is above the 92% average among public schools in Newton County.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Porterdale Elementary School outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Porterdale Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 27.0% actual against 25.7% predicted.
Newton County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $77,179, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Newton County's 22 public schools enroll about 18,672 students and include Porterdale Elementary School.
Live Oak Elementary, about 1.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Porterdale Elementary School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES assigns Porterdale Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 3%, from 417 to 405.
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Newton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
118,152
Census ACS
Median income
$77,179
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
18,672 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Newton County
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- Alcovy High SchoolHigh · 1,968 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Newton County Theme School at FicquettElementary · 1,095 students
- Live Oak ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Other schools in Covington
- Newton High SchoolHigh · 2,499 students
- Alcovy High SchoolHigh · 1,968 students
- Eastside High SchoolHigh · 1,590 students
- Newton County Theme School at FicquettElementary · 1,095 students
- Live Oak ElementaryElementary · 936 students
- Liberty Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Live Oak Elementary1.8 mi · 936
- Newton High School1.8 mi · 2,499
- Cousins Middle School2.1 mi · 563
- Middle Ridge Elementary School2.2 mi · 594
- South Salem Elementary School2.7 mi · 855
- Newton County Theme School at Ficquett2.7 mi · 1,095
Frequently asked questions
About Porterdale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Porterdale Elementary School?
Porterdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Porterdale Elementary School serve?
Porterdale Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Porterdale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Porterdale Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Porterdale Elementary School?
Student demographics at Porterdale Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 12% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Porterdale Elementary School in?
Porterdale Elementary School is part of Newton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.