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Enrollment
528
Elementary
DISTRICT 488 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GORDON COUNTY·NCES 130243001077
Tolbert Elementary School
1435 Hall Memorial Rd NW, Resaca, GA 30735 · (706) 629-4404 · Gordon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL528 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
13.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
523 students
DISTRICT 95% · 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 | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
38.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.0pp since 2021
Math
47.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.1% | 47.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 40.5% |
| 2022-23 | 35.9% | 36.2% |
| 2021-22 | 34.1% | 41.7% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 Tolbert Elementary School
Tolbert Elementary School's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tolbert Elementary School this school | 528 | 99.1% | 39.9% |
| Eton Elementary School Chatsworth | 556 | 100.0% | 30.2% |
| Toombs Central Elementary School Lyons | 492 | 98.2% | 56.3% |
| Woodlawn Elementary School Chatsworth | 498 | 100.0% | 39.6% |
| Beaverdale Elementary School Dalton | 488 | 100.0% | 37.8% |
| Northwest Elementary School Chatsworth | 557 | 100.0% | 46.4% |
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 Tolbert Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Gordon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #557 of 1,208 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #450 of 1,215 ▲ 142 | #2 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #510 of 1,215 ▲ 210 | #2 of 7 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #384 of 1,183 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 528 | #795 of 1,324 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #804 of 1,301 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #845 of 1,301 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #465 of 1,312 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.3% | #766 of 854 | #7 of 7 |
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
528
+44 (+9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 528 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 99% (523) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 88% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 75% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 66% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 35.5 | 15.4:1 | 79% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 79% (484) |
| 2010-11 | 683 | 41 | 16.7:1 | 73% (498) |
| 2000-01 | 722 | 36 | 20.1:1 | 48% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 34 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tolbert Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (546 to 528); teachers up 7% (35.5 to 38).
About Tolbert Elementary School
Tolbert Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in Resaca, Georgia. School enrollment was 528 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
Gordon County has a total of 10 schools and 6,259 students, Tolbert Elementary School among them.
Tolbert Elementary School's enrollment is 69% White. The remaining shares are 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Gordon County's population at about 78%. Tolbert Elementary School has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 13.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%. The average for public schools in Gordon County is 90%.
allk12 grades Tolbert Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Tolbert Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 39.9% actual against 26.2% predicted.
Among Gordon County residents, median household income is about $63,650, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 15 public schools in Gordon County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,452.
Of nearby public schools, Ashworth Middle School is the closest, at about 4.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 41.6%, higher than Tolbert Elementary School's 39.9%.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Tolbert Elementary School went from 484 students to 528.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Gordon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,100
Census ACS
Median income
$63,650
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
10,452 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gordon County
- Sonoraville High SchoolHigh · 1,094 students
- Gordon Central High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Red Bud Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
- Sonoraville ElementaryElementary · 584 students
- Ashworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 578 students
- Red Bud Elementary SchoolElementary · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Ashworth Middle School4.3 mi · 578
- Calhoun Early Learning Academy4.5 mi · 503
- Gordon Central High School4.6 mi · 875
- Calhoun High School4.9 mi · 1,282
- Calhoun Middle School5.0 mi · 573
- Calhoun Primary School5.6 mi · 913
Frequently asked questions
About Tolbert Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tolbert Elementary School?
Tolbert Elementary School enrolls approximately 528 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tolbert Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tolbert Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Tolbert Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Tolbert Elementary School.
How diverse is Tolbert Elementary School?
Tolbert Elementary School reports a student body of 69% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Tolbert Elementary School in?
Tolbert Elementary School is part of Gordon County.
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