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Enrollment
720
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123002305
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School
6340 Highway 42, Rex, GA 30273 · (770) 960-5750 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
720 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 | 29 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
13.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
24.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 14 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 have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.5% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.5% | 16.4% |
| 2022-23 | 15.4% | 18.6% |
| 2021-22 | 14.3% | 13.2% |
% 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
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 Roberta T. Smith Elementary School
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberta T. Smith Elementary School this school | 720 | 100.0% | 18.0% |
| Pine Street Elementary School Conyers | 679 | 99.9% | 29.2% |
| Hawthorne Elementary School Hampton | 813 | 100.0% | 23.7% |
| Harper Elementary School Riverdale | 690 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| Altama Elementary School Brunswick | 672 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Parkwood Elementary School Warner Robins | 683 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
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 Roberta T. Smith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,097 of 1,208 | #29 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #983 of 1,215 ▲ 126 | #16 of 37 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #1,159 of 1,215 ▼ 97 | #35 of 37 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #379 of 1,183 | #21 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #337 of 1,324 | #6 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #557 of 1,301 | #11 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #805 of 1,301 | #17 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #102 of 1,312 | #27 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.3% | #117 of 854 | #11 of 34 |
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
720
-113 (-14%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 896
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 720 | 55 | 13.1:1 | 100% (720) |
| 2023-24 | 755 | 58 | 13.0:1 | 99% (747) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 64 | 12.2:1 | 91% (707) |
| 2020-21 | 833 | 59 | 14.1:1 | 93% (775) |
| 2017-18 | 990 | 62 | 16.0:1 | 99% (985) |
| 2015-16 | 969 | 54 | 17.9:1 | 99% (964) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 82% (699) |
| 2000-01 | 896 | 47 | 19.1:1 | 46% (409) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roberta T. Smith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (990 to 720); teachers down 11% (62 to 55).
About Roberta T. Smith Elementary School
Located in Rex, Georgia, Roberta T. Smith Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 720 students in pre-K through 5.
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School is one school in a 68-school district, Clayton County, which enrolls 51,326 students.
More than half of the students at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School are Black (66%). Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is in line with Clayton County, where about 69% of residents are Black. The diversity index for Roberta T. Smith Elementary School is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 55 full-time-equivalent teachers at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School, giving a ratio of 13.1:1. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A total of 720 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Georgia public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Roberta T. Smith Elementary School is 7.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.0%. Predicted: 25.7%.
In Clayton County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $59,806, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 73 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,156, Roberta T. Smith Elementary School among them.
Rex Mill Middle School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Roberta T. Smith Elementary School is 7th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Roberta T. Smith Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 720, down from 833 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.1:1, from 14.1:1.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Rex
- Rex Mill Middle SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Adamson Middle SchoolMiddle · 509 students
Nearby schools
- Rex Mill Middle School0.3 mi · 904
- Adamson Middle School0.6 mi · 509
- Forest Park Middle School1.8 mi · 593
- Utopian Academy for the Arts High School1.8 mi · 291
- William M. McGarrah Elementary School1.8 mi · 658
- Mount Zion Primary1.8 mi · 620
Frequently asked questions
About Roberta T. Smith Elementary SchoolHow large is Roberta T. Smith Elementary School?
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School enrolls approximately 720 students in grades PK-05.
Is Roberta T. Smith Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roberta T. Smith Elementary School?
At Roberta T. Smith Elementary School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 26% Hispanic, 66% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Roberta T. Smith Elementary School public or private?
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.