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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 598 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKDALE COUNTY·NCES 130441002050
Sims Elementary School
1821 Walker Rd SW, Conyers, GA 30094 · (770) 922-0666 · Rockdale County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
462 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 | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
48%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
27.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.0pp since 2021
Math
26.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.8% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 28.6% |
| 2022-23 | 28.4% | 25.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.8% | 26.2% |
% 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
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 Sims Elementary School
Sims Elementary School's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sims Elementary School this school | 462 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| Palmetto Elementary School Palmetto | 436 | 100.0% | 36.2% |
| Pearl Stephens Elementary School Warner Robins | 436 | 100.0% | 30.4% |
| Pointe South Elementary School Riverdale | 508 | 100.0% | 13.9% |
| Oliver Elementary School Riverdale | 452 | 100.0% | 30.4% |
| Eldridge L. Miller Elementary School Stone Mountain | 450 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
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 Sims Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Rockdale County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #856 of 1,208 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #924 of 1,215 ▼ 52 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #803 of 1,215 ▲ 46 | #4 of 11 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #374 of 1,183 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #947 of 1,324 | #11 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #146 of 1,301 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #822 of 1,301 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #382 of 1,312 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #406 of 854 | #6 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
462
-48 (-9%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 834
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 462 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 100% (462) |
| 2023-24 | 466 | 45 | 10.4:1 | 90% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 44 | 11.1:1 | 81% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 65% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 39.9 | 13.5:1 | 70% (376) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 77% (419) |
| 2010-11 | 589 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 68% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 38 | 16.7:1 | 34% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 834 | 50 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sims Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (537 to 462); teachers up 3% (39.9 to 41).
About Sims Elementary School
Sims Elementary School is a small elementary school based in Conyers, Georgia. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 462 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Sims Elementary School falls under Rockdale County, which has 18 schools enrolling 15,342 students.
More than half of enrollment at Sims Elementary School is Black: 70%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% White. The county population is about 58% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sims Elementary School scores 48%.
Sims Elementary School lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 11.3 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. The 88% average for public schools in Rockdale County is 12 points lower.
Sims Elementary School scores 28.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.7%.
In Rockdale County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $77,247 a year, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Public schools in Rockdale County number 19, with about 15,355 students.
Heritage High School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Sims Elementary School is 6th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
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 was 462 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 510.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Sims Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Nearby schools
- Heritage High School0.3 mi · 1,788
- Edwards Middle School0.7 mi · 934
- Honey Creek Elementary School2.3 mi · 471
- Shoal Creek Elementary School2.4 mi · 666
- General Ray Davis Middle School3.1 mi · 874
- Lorraine Elementary School3.2 mi · 571
Frequently asked questions
About Sims Elementary SchoolHow large is Sims Elementary School?
Sims Elementary School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sims Elementary School serve?
Sims Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Sims Elementary School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Sims Elementary School.
How diverse is Sims Elementary School?
Sims Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 16% Hispanic, 70% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Sims Elementary School public or private?
Sims 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.