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What tradition at Rossville Elementary School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
447
Elementary
DISTRICT 454 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALKER COUNTY·NCES 130537000661
Rossville Elementary School
1250 Wilson Rd, Rossville, GA 30741 · (706) 866-5901 · Walker County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL447 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
10.4:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
447 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 | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
54%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
17.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.2pp since 2021
Math
18.5%
GA avg 44.6% . -12.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.8% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 25.1% |
| 2022-23 | 26.9% | 27.6% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 31.1% |
% 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
19.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 Rossville Elementary School
Rossville Elementary School's state test result (19.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rossville Elementary School this school | 447 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| West Side Elementary School Rossville | 471 | 98.9% | 29.8% |
| Stone Creek Elementary School Rossville | 448 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| Bacon County Elementary School Alma | 448 | 100.0% | 51.3% |
| Beaverdale Elementary School Dalton | 488 | 100.0% | 37.8% |
| Royston Elementary School Royston | 517 | 100.0% | 47.2% |
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 Rossville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Walker County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.6% | #1,063 of 1,208 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,091 of 1,215 ▼ 150 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #1,067 of 1,215 ▼ 29 | #11 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.4pp | #34 of 1,183 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 447 | #981 of 1,324 | #6 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #57 of 1,301 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #689 of 1,301 | #1 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #420 of 1,312 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #572 of 854 | #4 of 7 |
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
447
+22 (+5%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 621
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 447 | 43.1 | 10.4:1 | 100% (447) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 40.9 | 11.4:1 | 95% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 38.8 | 10.7:1 | 91% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 425 | 38 | 11.2:1 | 96% (407) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 42.1 | 11.7:1 | 96% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 499 | 39 | 12.8:1 | 92% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 89% (487) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 36 | 17.3:1 | 74% (457) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rossville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (492 to 447); teachers up 2% (42.1 to 43.1).
About Rossville Elementary School
Federal records list Rossville Elementary School as an elementary school in Rossville, Georgia. It reported 447 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Walker County has a total of 15 schools and 8,379 students, Rossville Elementary School among them.
White students are 65% of those enrolled at Rossville Elementary School. Next come 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 6% multiracial. That compares with about 90% White among all Walker County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Teacher count: 43.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.4:1. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. The average for public schools in Walker County is 85%.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Rossville Elementary School outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Rossville Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 19.6%, compared with a predicted 25.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of Walker County, median household income comes to about $59,469, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Walker County counts 18 public schools with about 9,637 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Stone Creek Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Rossville Elementary School is 4th of 4 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment increased 5% over 4 years, reaching 447 in 2024-25.
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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 Rossville
- Ridgeland High SchoolHigh · 1,284 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolElementary · 471 students
- Stone Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 448 students
- Rossville Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Cloud Springs Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
Other Rossville Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Rossville Elementary. Rossville Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Rossville ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 726 students
- Rossville Elementary SchoolRossville, IN · 440 students
- Rossville ElemRossville, KS · 321 students
Nearby schools
- Stone Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 448
- Ridgeland High School1.9 mi · 1,284
- Chattanooga Charter School of Excellence High2.1 mi · 113
- East Lake Elementary School2.3 mi · 626
- East Lake Academy Of Fine Arts2.3 mi · 549
- Calvin Donaldson Environmental Science Academy2.5 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Rossville Elementary SchoolHow large is Rossville Elementary School?
Rossville Elementary School enrolls approximately 447 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rossville Elementary School serve?
Rossville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rossville Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Rossville Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Rossville Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rossville Elementary School are roughly 65% White, 15% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Rossville Elementary School public or private?
Rossville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Walker County.
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