Enrollment
346
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COWETA COUNTY·NCES 130150000751
Ruth Hill Elementary School
57 Sunset Ln, Newnan, GA 30263 · (770) 254-2895 · Coweta County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL346 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- C+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
9.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
274 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 41 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
32.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.8pp since 2021
Math
41.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.1% | 41.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.3% | 34.5% |
| 2022-23 | 35.2% | 29.5% |
| 2021-22 | 35.9% | 37.4% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Ruth Hill Elementary School
Ruth Hill Elementary School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Hill Elementary School this school | 346 | 79.2% | 37.7% |
| Jordan Hill Road Elementary School Griffin | 396 | 84.3% | 26.5% |
| Williams Heights Elementary School Waycross | 436 | 80.3% | 42.8% |
| Double Churches Elementary School Columbus | 472 | 76.7% | 35.1% |
| Moreland Road Elementary Griffin | 490 | 86.5% | 25.5% |
| Dallas Elementary School Dallas | 513 | 79.7% | 27.1% |
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 Ruth Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Coweta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #602 of 1,208 | #15 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #601 of 1,215 ▲ 137 | #16 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #660 of 1,215 ▼ 73 | #16 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #756 of 1,183 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 346 | #1,185 of 1,324 | #19 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #37 of 1,301 | #1 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #369 of 1,301 | #7 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #728 of 1,312 | #2 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #259 of 854 | #1 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
346
-16 (-4%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 346 | 35 | 9.9:1 | 79% (274) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 36 | 10.8:1 | 79% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 71% (266) |
| 2020-21 | 362 | 34 | 10.7:1 | 65% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 76% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 36 | 13.5:1 | 78% (382) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 67% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 74% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 611 | 37 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruth Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (426 to 346); teachers down 5% (37 to 35).
About Ruth Hill Elementary School
The public elementary school Ruth Hill Elementary School is located in Newnan, Georgia. The school serves 346 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 43% smaller than that.
Coweta County has 29 schools; together they serve 23,064 students.
Ruth Hill Elementary School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 50%. The rest of enrollment is 32% White, 11% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Coweta County's population at about 18%. Ruth Hill Elementary School's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 35 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.9:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligible students account for 79% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 46% for public schools in Coweta County.
allk12 grades Ruth Hill Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Ruth Hill Elementary School scores 37.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 36.4%.
In the county around the school, Coweta County, the median household income is $95,548, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 31 public schools in Coweta County, enrolling about 23,423 students in all.
Nearby, Newnan High School is about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Ruth Hill Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Ruth Hill Elementary School is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Ruth Hill Elementary School declined 4% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 362 to 346 students.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Ruth Hill Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Coweta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
152,852
Census ACS
Median income
$95,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coweta County
- East Coweta High SchoolHigh · 3,001 students
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Blake Bass Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
Other schools in Newnan
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Brooks ElementaryElementary · 835 students
- Madras Middle SchoolMiddle · 754 students
Nearby schools
- Newnan High School0.7 mi · 2,214
- Elm Street Elementary School0.9 mi · 477
- Atkinson Elementary School1.1 mi · 398
- Evans Middle School1.2 mi · 736
- Smokey Road Middle School1.8 mi · 563
- Jefferson Parkway Elementary School3.1 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Ruth Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Ruth Hill Elementary School?
Ruth Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 346 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ruth Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ruth Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ruth Hill Elementary School have?
Ruth Hill Elementary School employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1.
How diverse is Ruth Hill Elementary School?
Ruth Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 11% Hispanic, 50% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Ruth Hill Elementary School?
Ruth Hill Elementary School is overseen by Coweta County in Coweta County.
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