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What's the most underrated thing about Shoal Creek Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
666
Elementary
DISTRICT 598 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKDALE COUNTY·NCES 130441000575
Shoal Creek Elementary School
1300 McWilliams Rd SW, Conyers, GA 30094 · (770) 929-1430 · Rockdale County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL666 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- DThree-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
15.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
666 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 34 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
19.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.6pp since 2021
Math
15.1%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.8% | 15.1% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 23.6% |
| 2022-23 | 24.8% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 19.6% |
% 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
23.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Shoal Creek Elementary School
Shoal Creek Elementary School's state test result (23.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoal Creek Elementary School this school | 666 | 100.0% | 23.3% |
| Hunt Elementary School Fort Valley | 654 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| Kemp Primary Hampton | 626 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Callaway Elementary School Jonesboro | 677 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
| East Clayton Elementary School Ellenwood | 641 | 100.0% | 18.1% |
| West Newton Elementary School Covington | 698 | 100.0% | 19.2% |
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 Shoal Creek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Rockdale County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #965 of 1,208 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #1,149 of 1,215 ▼ 175 | #11 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #1,021 of 1,215 ▼ 261 | #11 of 11 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.6pp | #111 of 1,183 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 666 | #441 of 1,324 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #1,178 of 1,301 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #905 of 1,301 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #381 of 1,312 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #655 of 854 | #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
666
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 706
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 666 | 43 | 15.5:1 | 100% (666) |
| 2023-24 | 644 | 48 | 13.4:1 | 81% (522) |
| 2022-23 | 674 | 52 | 13.0:1 | 75% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 659 | 56 | 11.8:1 | 63% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 713 | 53 | 13.4:1 | 74% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 773 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 76% (588) |
| 2010-11 | 689 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 69% (474) |
| 2000-01 | 706 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 35% (244) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shoal Creek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (713 to 666); teachers down 19% (53 to 43).
About Shoal Creek Elementary School
Shoal Creek Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Rockdale County, located in Conyers, Georgia. It educates 666 students in pre-K through 5.
Rockdale County (18 schools, 15,342 students) runs Shoal Creek Elementary School.
Shoal Creek Elementary School is 74% Black by enrollment. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Rockdale County, the Black share is about 58%. Shoal Creek Elementary School's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Shoal Creek Elementary School, 43 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.5:1. That is higher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Rockdale County is 88%.
allk12 grades Shoal Creek Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Shoal Creek Elementary School would be expected to post about 25.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.3%.
Across Rockdale County, the median household income is $77,247, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Rockdale County has 19 public schools and roughly 15,355 students.
Heritage High School is located about 2.1 miles from Shoal Creek Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Shoal Creek Elementary School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Shoal Creek Elementary School had 659 students in 2020-21 and 666 in 2024-25, nearly the same. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 11.8:1 to 15.5:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Shoal Creek Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Rockdale County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,281
Census ACS
Median income
$77,247
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
15,355 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rockdale County
- Rockdale County High SchoolHigh · 2,336 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Conyers Middle SchoolMiddle · 943 students
- Edwards Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- Hicks Elementary SchoolElementary · 878 students
Other schools in Conyers
- Rockdale County High SchoolHigh · 2,336 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,788 students
- Salem High SchoolHigh · 1,118 students
- Conyers Middle SchoolMiddle · 943 students
- Edwards Middle SchoolMiddle · 934 students
- Hicks Elementary SchoolElementary · 878 students
Other Shoal Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Shoal Creek Elementary. Shoal Creek Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- SHOAL CREEK ELEM.KANSAS CITY, MO · 795 students
- Shoal Creek ElementarySan Diego, CA · 500 students
Nearby schools
- Heritage High School2.1 mi · 1,788
- Rockdale RYDC2.2 mi · 13
- Sims Elementary School2.4 mi · 462
- Edwards Middle School2.6 mi · 934
- Rockdale County High School3.2 mi · 2,336
- Hicks Elementary School3.5 mi · 878
Frequently asked questions
About Shoal Creek Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shoal Creek Elementary School?
Shoal Creek Elementary School enrolls approximately 666 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Shoal Creek Elementary School serve?
Shoal Creek Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shoal Creek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shoal Creek Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Shoal Creek Elementary School?
At Shoal Creek Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 14% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Shoal Creek Elementary School public or private?
Shoal Creek Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rockdale County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.