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Which teacher or staff member at Tussahaw Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
886
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282003730
Tussahaw Elementary
225 Coan Dr, McDonough, GA 30252 · (770) 957-0164 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL886 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
15.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
695 students
DISTRICT 66% · 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 | 31 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 132 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (132).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
19.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.1pp since 2021
Math
18.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.2% | 18.5% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 17.9% |
| 2022-23 | 22.3% | 20.5% |
| 2021-22 | 17.1% | 13.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 37% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Tussahaw Elementary
Tussahaw Elementary's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tussahaw Elementary this school | 886 | 78.4% | 19.7% |
| New Manchester Elementary School Douglasville | 818 | 74.4% | 37.9% |
| DeKalb Arts Academy Avondale Estates | 768 | 76.0% | 54.5% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary McDonough | 712 | 74.7% | 21.9% |
| Rosebud Elementary School Loganville | 1,042 | 80.2% | 51.1% |
| Sallas Mahone Elementary Valdosta | 1,045 | 81.2% | 30.8% |
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 Tussahaw Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,061 of 1,208 | #27 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #1,092 of 1,215 ▼ 10 | #27 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #1,034 of 1,215 ▼ 96 | #27 of 28 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.6pp | #492 of 1,183 | #11 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 886 | #148 of 1,324 | #2 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #1,158 of 1,301 | #24 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #984 of 1,301 | #26 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #742 of 1,312 | #5 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.2% | #119 of 386 | #6 of 9 |
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
886
+96 (+12%) vs 2020
+50% since 2010-11, when it was 590
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 886 | 57.7 | 15.4:1 | 78% (695) |
| 2023-24 | 833 | 55.6 | 15.0:1 | 83% (688) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 51.5 | 15.6:1 | 69% (551) |
| 2020-21 | 790 | 54 | 14.6:1 | 66% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 756 | 53 | 14.3:1 | 75% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 52 | 14.0:1 | 76% (556) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 64% (375) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tussahaw Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (756 to 886); teachers up 9% (53 to 57.7).
About Tussahaw Elementary
Tussahaw Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school based in McDonough, Georgia. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 886 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Federal data list 53 schools in Henry County, with 43,012 students enrolled.
Black students are 78% of those enrolled at Tussahaw Elementary. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. In Henry County overall, about 52% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 38% means there is a 38% chance two randomly chosen students at Tussahaw Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 57.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Tussahaw Elementary has a ratio of 15.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 78% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 63% for public schools in Henry County.
Tussahaw Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 7% of Georgia public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Tussahaw Elementary is in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools: 19.7% actual against 36.8% predicted.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Henry County show that the median household earns about $83,146 a year, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Henry County has 54 public schools with about 43,102 students, including Tussahaw Elementary.
The closest school to Tussahaw Elementary is Bethlehem Elementary School, located about 1.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Tussahaw Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Tussahaw Elementary is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The school grew from 790 students in 2020-21 to 886 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Tussahaw Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Henry County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
249,960
Census ACS
Median income
$83,146
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
43,102 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Henry County
- Dutchtown HighHigh · 1,821 students
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Stockbridge High SchoolHigh · 1,456 students
Other schools in McDonough
- Union Grove HighHigh · 1,622 students
- Ola High SchoolHigh · 1,586 students
- Eagle's Landing High SchoolHigh · 1,578 students
- McDonough High SchoolHigh · 1,359 students
- Ola Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,039 students
- Union Grove MiddleMiddle · 1,033 students
Nearby schools
- Bethlehem Elementary School1.9 mi · 630
- Unity Grove Elementary School2.6 mi · 882
- McDonough Middle School3.3 mi · 876
- McDonough High School3.4 mi · 1,359
- Locust Grove Elementary School3.8 mi · 576
- Impact Academy Middle School4.1 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About Tussahaw ElementaryHow many students attend Tussahaw Elementary?
Tussahaw Elementary enrolls approximately 886 students in grades PK-05.
Is Tussahaw Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Tussahaw Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Tussahaw Elementary have?
Tussahaw Elementary employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
How diverse is Tussahaw Elementary?
Tussahaw Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 12% Hispanic, 78% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Tussahaw Elementary public or private?
Tussahaw Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Henry County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.