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How has Sharon Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
712
Elementary
DISTRICT 746 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALTON COUNTY·NCES 130539003668
Sharon Elementary School
2700 White Rd, Loganville, GA 30052 · (678) 684-2850 · Walton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL712 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
399 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 47 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (135).
Student demographics
66%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
49.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.1pp since 2021
Math
53.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -7.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.5% | 53.2% |
| 2023-24 | 51.8% | 57.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.1% | 55.6% |
| 2021-22 | 49.6% | 60.3% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Sharon Elementary School
Sharon Elementary School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Elementary School this school | 712 | 56.0% | 53.3% |
| Austin Road Elementary School Winder | 700 | 61.3% | 35.7% |
| C. A. Roberts Elementary School Dallas | 668 | 54.5% | 43.8% |
| Westmont Elementary School Martinez | 720 | 60.4% | N/A |
| Statham Elementary School Statham | 776 | 62.8% | 31.2% |
| Bethlehem Elementary School Bethlehem | 641 | 61.5% | 38.2% |
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 Sharon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Walton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #290 of 1,208 | #3 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #347 of 1,215 ▼ 48 | #4 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #281 of 1,215 ▲ 4 | #3 of 10 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.6pp | #196 of 1,183 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 712 | #354 of 1,324 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #593 of 1,301 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #264 of 1,301 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #986 of 1,312 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #494 of 854 | N/A |
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
712
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 811
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 712 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 56% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 723 | 53.3 | 13.6:1 | 59% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 52.3 | 14.0:1 | 38% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 720 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 37% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 800 | 50.5 | 15.8:1 | 36% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 811 | 47 | 17.3:1 | 33% (268) |
| 2010-11 | 811 | 49 | 16.6:1 | 30% (247) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sharon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (800 to 712); teachers up 7% (50.5 to 54).
About Sharon Elementary School
As a medium-sized elementary school, Sharon Elementary School serves students in Loganville, Georgia. A total of 712 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Walton County counts 15 schools and 14,783 students, including Sharon Elementary School.
White students account for 50% of enrollment at Sharon Elementary School. Other groups make up 22% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Walton County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Sharon Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Sharon Elementary School's 54 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 13.2:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 13.3:1, a similar figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 56%. That is close to the 56% average for public schools in Walton County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Sharon Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 53.3%; the prediction is 48.4%.
In Walton County (population about 103,313), median household income is about $84,945, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sharon Elementary School is one of 19 public schools in Walton County, which together enroll about 16,815 students.
The closest public school, Walnut Grove High School, is about 3.3 miles from Sharon Elementary School. Within five miles are 7 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Sharon Elementary School places 3rd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Sharon Elementary School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 720 to 712, a small change. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.7:1 in 2020-21, and 13.2:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Walton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,313
Census ACS
Median income
$84,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
16,815 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Walton County
- Loganville High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Walnut Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Loganville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,320 students
- Monroe Area High SchoolHigh · 1,233 students
- Youth Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,181 students
- Loganville Elementary SchoolElementary · 951 students
Other schools in Loganville
- Grayson High SchoolHigh · 3,627 students
- McConnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,009 students
- Loganville High SchoolHigh · 1,911 students
- Cooper Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,520 students
- Walnut Grove High SchoolHigh · 1,511 students
- Loganville Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,320 students
Other Sharon Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Sharon Elementary. Sharon Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Sharon Elementary SchoolSuwanee, GA · 865 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolNewburgh, IN · 724 students
- Sharon ElementaryCharlotte, NC · 688 students
- Sharon Elementary SchoolWadsworth, OH · 627 students
- Sharon ElementaryStatesville, NC · 251 students
Nearby schools
- Walnut Grove High School3.3 mi · 1,511
- Youth Elementary School3.8 mi · 756
- Rosebud Elementary School3.8 mi · 1,042
- Youth Middle School4.1 mi · 1,181
- Magill Elementary School4.6 mi · 1,259
- Grace Snell Middle School4.8 mi · 1,231
Frequently asked questions
About Sharon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sharon Elementary School?
Sharon Elementary School enrolls approximately 712 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sharon Elementary School serve?
Sharon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Sharon Elementary School?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at Sharon Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Sharon Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sharon Elementary School are roughly 50% White, 22% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Sharon Elementary School in?
Sharon Elementary School is part of Walton County.
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