Rossville Elementary School

Rossville Elementary School operates as a modestly sized primary school in Rossville, Georgia, one of the schools within Walker County. Current enrollment sits at 447 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Rossville Elementary School sits 26% leaner than that benchmark.

Walker County comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,379 students; Rossville Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Rossville Elementary School lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Walker County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Rossville Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 19.6%.

Around the school, Walker County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,469 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Walker County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,637 students), Rossville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Stone Creek Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Rossville Elementary School at 4th of 4; the average score across the group is 31.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rossville Elementary School has edged down 9%, going from 492 students in 2018 to 447 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 6% to 15%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.