Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570001823
Tunnel Hill Elementary School
203 E School St, Tunnel Hill, GA 30755 · (706) 673-4550 · Whitfield County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 96% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
13.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
244 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
48.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +13.1pp since 2021
Math
57.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +18.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 57.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 59.6% |
| 2022-23 | 40.9% | 50.4% |
| 2021-22 | 35.2% | 39.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Tunnel Hill Elementary School
Tunnel Hill Elementary School's state test result (54.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tunnel Hill Elementary School this school | 297 | 82.2% | 54.5% |
| Cohutta Elementary School Cohutta | 287 | 88.9% | 53.4% |
| Commerce Elementary School Commerce | 308 | 79.9% | 56.2% |
| Emerson Elementary School Emerson | 385 | 77.9% | 33.6% |
| Lyerly Elementary School Lyerly | 335 | 86.6% | 31.2% |
| Mansfield Elementary School Mansfield | 384 | 76.8% | 52.9% |
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 Tunnel Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #266 of 1,208 | #1 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #291 of 1,215 ▼ 30 | #3 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #298 of 1,215 ▼ 57 | #4 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #28 of 1,183 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #1,243 of 1,324 | #18 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #713 of 1,301 | #18 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #953 of 1,301 | #14 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #689 of 1,312 | #15 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #836 of 854 | #15 of 16 |
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
297
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 297 | 21.8 | 13.6:1 | 82% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 303 | 23.5 | 12.9:1 | 67% (203) |
| 2022-23 | 310 | 23.6 | 13.1:1 | 55% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 20 | 15.0:1 | 52% (157) |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 20.4 | 14.7:1 | 61% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 23 | 14.5:1 | 57% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 22 | 15.7:1 | 57% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 360 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 36% (129) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 23 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tunnel Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (299 to 297); teachers up 7% (20.4 to 21.8).
About Tunnel Hill Elementary School
Tunnel Hill Elementary School is one of the public schools in Tunnel Hill, Georgia. It is a small elementary school. It enrolled 297 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 51% lower than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Whitfield County (22 schools, 11,942 students) runs Tunnel Hill Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, Tunnel Hill Elementary School is 75% White. The school is also 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 65% White share among all Whitfield County residents. By the diversity index, Tunnel Hill Elementary School comes in at 40%.
Staffing totals 21.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Tunnel Hill Elementary School is 82%. That is close to the 83% average for public schools in Whitfield County.
The allk12 Grade for Tunnel Hill Elementary School is A+. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 96% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Tunnel Hill Elementary School is in the top 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.5% is 19.6 points above the 34.9% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In Whitfield County (population about 103,598), median household income is about $67,070, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 33 public schools operate in Whitfield County, serving about 19,570 students.
Nearest public school: Northwest Whitfield County High School, about 3.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Tunnel Hill Elementary School holds 6 other public schools. Tunnel Hill Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 54.5% against a local average of 42.8%.
For locale, NCES codes Tunnel Hill Elementary School as Suburb: Small.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 300 in 2020-21 and 297 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.0:1 to 13.6:1.
The Tunnel Hill Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitfield County
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
Other schools in Tunnel Hill
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Tiger Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 400 students
Nearby schools
- Northwest Whitfield County High School3.5 mi · 1,098
- New Hope Elementary School3.9 mi · 511
- New Hope Middle School4.0 mi · 454
- Westside Middle School4.2 mi · 428
- Tiger Creek Elementary School4.3 mi · 400
- Westside Elementary School4.4 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Tunnel Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tunnel Hill Elementary School?
Tunnel Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 297 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Tunnel Hill Elementary School serve?
Tunnel Hill Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tunnel Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Tunnel Hill Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Tunnel Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Tunnel Hill Elementary School are roughly 75% White, 20% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Tunnel Hill Elementary School in?
Tunnel Hill Elementary School is part of Whitfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.