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What's the biggest difference between Rock Spring Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALKER COUNTY·NCES 130537001764
Rock Spring Elementary School
372 Highway 95, Rock Spring, GA 30739 · (706) 764-1383 · Walker County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- 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.
- A-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
11.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
392 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 45 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
37.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.7pp since 2021
Math
35.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.6% | 35.9% |
| 2023-24 | 36.8% | 35.7% |
| 2022-23 | 34.8% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.9% | 28.5% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Rock Spring Elementary School
Rock Spring Elementary School's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Spring Elementary School this school | 419 | 93.6% | 36.8% |
| Tiger Creek Elementary School Tunnel Hill | 400 | 92.8% | 39.7% |
| Chattanooga Valley Elementary School Flintstone | 418 | 89.7% | 54.2% |
| Jack P Nix Elementary School Cleveland | 409 | 89.7% | 51.0% |
| Mount Yonah Elementary School Sautee Nacoochee | 424 | 88.9% | 48.8% |
| West Fannin Elementary School Blue Ridge | 443 | 96.6% | 42.7% |
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 Rock Spring Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Walker County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #615 of 1,208 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #713 of 1,215 ▼ 5 | #5 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #520 of 1,215 ▲ 77 | #5 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #182 of 1,183 | #4 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #1,057 of 1,324 | #8 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #130 of 1,301 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #1,165 of 1,301 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.6% | #543 of 1,312 | #7 of 11 |
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
419
+31 (+8%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 295
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 419 | 37.6 | 11.1:1 | 94% (392) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 40.3 | 10.3:1 | 72% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 412 | 39.5 | 10.4:1 | 55% (226) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 36 | 10.8:1 | 66% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 419 | 37.8 | 11.1:1 | 66% (275) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 69% (285) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 64% (273) |
| 2000-01 | 307 | 21 | 14.6:1 | 41% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 295 | 19 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rock Spring Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (419 to 419); teachers down 1% (37.8 to 37.6).
About Rock Spring Elementary School
Rock Spring Elementary School is an elementary school located in Rock Spring, Georgia, in Walker County. The school enrolls 419 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605, so this school runs 31% smaller than that.
Walker County serves 8,379 students across 15 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Rock Spring Elementary School is 88% White. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is close to the 90% White share among all Walker County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 22% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 37.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.1:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 94%. On average, public schools in Walker County report 85%.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Rock Spring Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Rock Spring Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.8%, compared with a predicted 29.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
County data help place the school in context: in Walker County, the median household income is $59,469, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Walker County is home to 18 public schools and about 9,637 public school students.
Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School is the public school closest to Rock Spring Elementary School, about 2.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Rock Spring Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Rock Spring Elementary School is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 31 students since 2020-21, to 419.
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Walker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,762
Census ACS
Median income
$59,469
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,637 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walker County
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 1,284 students
- LaFayette High SchoolHigh · 1,157 students
- Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Cherokee Ridge ElementaryElementary · 548 students
- LaFayette Middle SchoolMiddle · 499 students
- Gilbert Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Other schools in Rock Spring
- Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Woodstation Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Other Rock Spring Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Rock Spring Elementary. Rock Spring Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Rock Spring ElementaryMcDonough, GA · 654 students
Nearby schools
- Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School2.1 mi · 772
- Gordon Lee High School5.0 mi · 410
- Gordon Lee Middle School5.1 mi · 304
- Chickamauga Elementary School5.1 mi · 544
- Woodstation Elementary School5.1 mi · 415
- Heritage Middle School5.9 mi · 858
Frequently asked questions
About Rock Spring Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rock Spring Elementary School?
Rock Spring Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rock Spring Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rock Spring Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rock Spring Elementary School have?
Rock Spring Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Rock Spring Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rock Spring Elementary School are roughly 88% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Rock Spring Elementary School public or private?
Rock Spring Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Walker County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.