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Enrollment
835
Elementary
DISTRICT 773 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONROE COUNTY·NCES 130372003430
T.G. Scott Elementary School
70 Thornton Rd, Forsyth, GA 31029 · (478) 994-3495 · Monroe County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL835 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
14.2:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
395 students
DISTRICT 54% · 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 | 64 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
T.G. Scott Elementary School→Monroe County Middle School- Banks Stephens Campus→Mary Persons High School
Based on grade levels within Monroe County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
52.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
58.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 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 up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.2% | 58.5% |
| 2023-24 | 55.2% | 61.8% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 58.1% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 54.9% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 T.G. Scott Elementary School
T.G. Scott Elementary School's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| T.G. Scott Elementary School this school | 835 | 47.3% | 58.6% |
| Walker Park Elementary School Monroe | 755 | 49.3% | 45.5% |
| Kings Chapel Elementary School Perry | 690 | 43.6% | 60.2% |
| Sand Hill Elementary School Guyton | 881 | 50.3% | 58.1% |
| Bowdon Elementary School Bowdon | 781 | 52.1% | 47.6% |
| Morgan County Elementary School Madison | 842 | 54.2% | 54.2% |
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 T.G. Scott Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #206 of 1,208 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #265 of 1,215 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #239 of 1,215 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.4pp | #647 of 1,183 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 835 | #194 of 1,324 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #890 of 1,301 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.5% | #855 of 1,301 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #1,063 of 1,312 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.1% | #102 of 386 |
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
835
+65 (+8%) vs 2020
0% since 2010-11, when it was 831
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 835 | 58.9 | 14.2:1 | 47% (395) |
| 2023-24 | 825 | 59.1 | 14.0:1 | 48% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 799 | 55.9 | 14.3:1 | 40% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 770 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 35% (270) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 47.2 | 14.7:1 | 42% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 742 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 42% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 831 | 54 | 15.4:1 | 49% (405) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for T.G. Scott Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (695 to 835); teachers up 25% (47.2 to 58.9).
About T.G. Scott Elementary School
In Forsyth, Georgia, part of Monroe County, T.G. Scott Elementary School is an elementary school. It reported 835 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
T.G. Scott Elementary School is a school in Monroe County. The district has 5 schools and 4,703 students.
White students are 72% of those enrolled at T.G. Scott Elementary School. Other groups make up 17% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. In Monroe County overall, the White share is about 73%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 45%.
The school has 58.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 14.2 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Of all students at T.G. Scott Elementary School, 47% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, T.G. Scott Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 78% of Georgia public elementary schools.
T.G. Scott Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.6%) and its predicted rate (52.9%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
For the population of Monroe County, median household income comes to about $83,183, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Monroe County's 6 public schools enroll about 4,824 students and include T.G. Scott Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Monroe County Middle School- Banks Stephens Campus is closest at about 0.3 miles. T.G. Scott Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. T.G. Scott Elementary School comes in 3rd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Fringe. That means it sits in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment was 835 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 770. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.0:1 in 2020-21, and 14.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,664
Census ACS
Median income
$83,183
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
4,824 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Monroe County
- Mary Persons High SchoolHigh · 1,323 students
- Monroe County Middle School- Banks Stephens CampusMiddle · 1,062 students
- Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary SchoolElementary · 753 students
- Katherine B. Sutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
Other schools in Forsyth
- Mary Persons High SchoolHigh · 1,323 students
- Monroe County Middle School- Banks Stephens CampusMiddle · 1,062 students
- Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary SchoolElementary · 753 students
- Katherine B. Sutton Elementary SchoolElementary · 730 students
- Department of CorrectionsCombined · 121 students
Nearby schools
- Monroe County Middle School- Banks Stephens Campus0.3 mi · 1,062
- Mary Persons High School1.4 mi · 1,323
- Department of Corrections1.9 mi · 121
- Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary School2.3 mi · 753
- Katherine B. Sutton Elementary School3.6 mi · 730
- Howard Middle School11.2 mi · 973
Frequently asked questions
About T.G. Scott Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at T.G. Scott Elementary School?
T.G. Scott Elementary School enrolls approximately 835 students in grades PK-05.
Is T.G. Scott Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
T.G. Scott Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at T.G. Scott Elementary School?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at T.G. Scott Elementary School.
How diverse is T.G. Scott Elementary School?
T.G. Scott Elementary School reports a student body of 72% White, 4% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees T.G. Scott Elementary School?
T.G. Scott Elementary School is overseen by Monroe County in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.