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Ringgold Elementary School
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Ringgold Elementary School
As an intimate elementary campus in Ringgold, Georgia, Ringgold Elementary School caters to 445 students from grades 3 through 5, run under Catoosa County. Enrollment runs roughly 26% below the state mean of about 605.
Catoosa County runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 10,134 students. Ringgold Elementary School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Ringgold Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school shows 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black.
On the resource side, On paper, Ringgold Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 56% of students at Ringgold Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Ringgold Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.4%; this one delivers 42.4%.
In the broader community, Catoosa County reports that median household income runs about $74,639, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Catoosa County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,134 students), of which Ringgold Elementary School is one.
Ringgold Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Ringgold Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Ringgold Elementary School has edged down 6%, going from 472 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 89% to 82% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Ringgold Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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