Temple Elementary School

Temple Elementary School is a primary school of moderately sized scale in Temple, Georgia, part of Carroll County, serveing 666 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 24 schools in Carroll County (16,400 students total), Temple Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Temple Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 25% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Carroll County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Temple Elementary School logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Temple Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.5%; this one delivers 47.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Carroll County put the typical household earns roughly $73,714 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Carroll County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,250 students), Temple Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Temple Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Temple Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Temple Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Temple Elementary School's enrollment has ticked up 12% since 2018, when it stood at 595 (now 666). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 62% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.