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Providence Elementary School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Providence Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary-level community in Temple, Georgia, Providence Elementary School enrolls 557 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Carroll County.
Within Carroll County, which oversees 24 schools and 16,400 students, Providence Elementary School is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, Providence Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder reads as 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Carroll County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Providence Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Providence Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.2%.
In the broader community, census data for Carroll County shows median household income runs about $73,714, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Carroll County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,250 students), Providence Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Temple Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Providence Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 47.1%.
Providence Elementary School operates from a low-density location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Providence Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 27% since 2018, when it stood at 439 (now 557). The White share of enrollment shrank from 84% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.
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