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Rocky Branch Elementary School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Rocky Branch Elementary School
Rocky Branch Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in Bogart, Georgia, part of Oconee County. Current enrollment sits at 599 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 12 schools in Oconee County (8,474 students total), Rocky Branch Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, Rocky Branch Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 76%; the rest looks like 10% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Rocky Branch Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.8%, the actual is 73.6%, a residual of +5.8 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Oconee County indicate median household earnings sit near $121,217, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Rocky Branch Elementary School is one of 12 public schools in Oconee County (combined enrollment of about 8,474 students).
Nearest neighbor: North Oconee High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rocky Branch Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 75.5%.
Rocky Branch Elementary School operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Rocky Branch Elementary School's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 760 (now 599). Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 4% to 10%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.
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