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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HALL COUNTY·NCES 130261001164
Tadmore Elementary School
3278 Gillsville Hwy, Gainesville, GA 30507 · (770) 536-9929 · Hall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
446 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
15.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.6pp since 2021
Math
27.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -10.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 15 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 have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 27.3% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 28.9% |
| 2022-23 | 16.5% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.5% | 37.3% |
% 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Tadmore Elementary School
Tadmore Elementary School's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tadmore Elementary School this school | 488 | 91.4% | 20.7% |
| Myers Elementary School Gainesville | 524 | 91.4% | 29.3% |
| McEver Elementary School Gainesville | 487 | 85.6% | 23.5% |
| Roan Elementary School Dalton | 421 | 88.6% | 31.9% |
| Green Acres Elementary School Smyrna | 584 | 94.5% | 19.0% |
| Eastside Elementary School Dalton | 579 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
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 Tadmore Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Hall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #1,035 of 1,208 | #22 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #918 of 1,215 ▼ 51 | #21 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,132 of 1,215 ▼ 45 | #22 of 26 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.3pp | #123 of 1,183 | #2 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #885 of 1,324 | #23 of 27 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #500 of 1,301 | #2 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.0% | #1,097 of 1,301 | #22 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #567 of 1,312 | #4 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #417 of 854 | #7 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
488
-57 (-10%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 488 | 37.8 | 12.9:1 | 91% (446) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 40.4 | 11.7:1 | 90% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 44.2 | 11.8:1 | 83% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 85% (465) |
| 2017-18 | 564 | 38.5 | 14.7:1 | 96% (540) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 92% (503) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 94% (490) |
| 2000-01 | 854 | 54 | 15.8:1 | 69% (591) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 29 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tadmore Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (564 to 488); teachers down 2% (38.5 to 37.8).
About Tadmore Elementary School
Tadmore Elementary School operates as a small elementary school in Gainesville, Georgia. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 488 students.
Hall County has 38 schools and 28,028 students, and Tadmore Elementary School is one of those schools.
At Tadmore Elementary School, 84% of students are Hispanic. The remaining students are 12% White and 2% Black. Census figures show Hall County is about 29% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 28%.
Tadmore Elementary School has 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The school has 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 64% average for public schools in Hall County.
A school with Tadmore Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 30.1%. Tadmore Elementary School scores 20.7%, 9.4 points below that line.
Looking at the county, Hall County, the median household earns about $80,901 a year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Hall County has 49 public schools with about 36,525 students, including Tadmore Elementary School.
About 2.5 miles separate Tadmore Elementary School from the closest public school, East Hall Middle School. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Tadmore Elementary School places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
From 545 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 488 by 2024-25.
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Hall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,705
Census ACS
Median income
$80,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
36,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hall County
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- Flowery Branch HighHigh · 1,304 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- West Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,274 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- Cherokee Bluff High SchoolHigh · 1,202 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- East Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- North Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,164 students
Nearby schools
- East Hall Middle School2.5 mi · 775
- Sugar Hill Elementary3.0 mi · 685
- White Sulphur Elementary School3.8 mi · 441
- East Hall High School4.3 mi · 1,287
- Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center4.8 mi · 17
- New Holland Leadership Academy5.1 mi · 573
Frequently asked questions
About Tadmore Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tadmore Elementary School?
Tadmore Elementary School enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Tadmore Elementary School serve?
Tadmore Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tadmore Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tadmore Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Tadmore Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tadmore Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 84% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Tadmore Elementary School in?
Tadmore Elementary School is part of Hall County.
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