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Enrollment
637
Elementary
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402003864
Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary
528 Holly Springs Rd, Rockmart, GA 30153 · (770) 443-2140 · Paulding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL637 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.3:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
394 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
37.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -7.3pp since 2021
Math
47.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.7pp 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 47 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 47.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 44.6% |
| 2022-23 | 41.4% | 42.1% |
| 2021-22 | 45.2% | 42.4% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary
Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary this school | 637 | 61.9% | 43.1% |
| Saint Marys Elementary School Saint Marys | 623 | 59.1% | 61.2% |
| Park Elementary School Hamilton | 628 | 58.8% | 49.2% |
| Lee County Primary School Leesburg | 635 | 62.4% | N/A |
| New Hope Elementary Locust Grove | 621 | 58.8% | 45.2% |
| Hollis Hand Elementary School LaGrange | 579 | 65.5% | 55.5% |
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 Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #486 of 1,208 | #6 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #465 of 1,215 ▲ 40 | #7 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #514 of 1,215 ▼ 44 | #6 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #336 of 1,183 | #9 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 637 | #514 of 1,324 | #10 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #615 of 1,301 | #11 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #729 of 1,301 | #17 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.9% | #920 of 1,312 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.2% | #315 of 386 | #10 of 10 |
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
637
+73 (+13%) vs 2020
-2% since 2010-11, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 637 | 48 | 13.3:1 | 62% (394) |
| 2023-24 | 648 | 48 | 13.5:1 | 66% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 48.8 | 12.4:1 | 55% (335) |
| 2020-21 | 564 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 53% (297) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 45 | 13.7:1 | 53% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 54% (356) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 51% (336) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (617 to 637); teachers up 7% (45 to 48).
About Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary
Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary is an elementary school in Rockmart, Georgia, reachable at (770) 443-2140. The school has 637 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Paulding County is responsible for 34 schools, Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary included, with 31,426 students in all.
White students are 66% of those enrolled at Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary. Next come 14% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is in line with Paulding County, where about 63% of residents are White. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary are from different groups.
On staff are 48 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 13.3:1. About 62% of students at Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 51% for public schools in Paulding County.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary would be expected to post about 45.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 43.1%.
In the wider Paulding County area, the median household earns about $98,031 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary shares Paulding County with 33 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Lillian C. Poole Elementary School, is about 4.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's enrollment increased 13% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Paulding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,909
Census ACS
Median income
$98,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
31,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paulding County
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Hiram High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
Other schools in Rockmart
- Rockmart High SchoolHigh · 956 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Van Wert Elementary SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Rockmart Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Lillian C. Poole Elementary School4.3 mi · 460
- Van Wert Elementary School5.2 mi · 693
- Union Elementary School5.8 mi · 346
- Carl Scoggins Sr. Middle School6.3 mi · 809
- Rockmart High School6.8 mi · 956
- Rockmart Middle School6.9 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About Sara M. Ragsdale ElementaryHow large is Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary?
Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary enrolls approximately 637 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary serve?
Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary is approximately 13.3:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary?
At Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary, the student body is approximately 66% White, 11% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary in?
Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary is part of Paulding County.
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