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Enrollment
882
Elementary
DISTRICT 615 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENRY COUNTY·NCES 130282002575
Unity Grove Elementary School
1180 Leguin Mill Rd, Locust Grove, GA 30248 · (770) 898-8886 · Henry County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL882 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
602 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 161 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 159 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (159).
Student demographics
66%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
30.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.5pp since 2021
Math
38.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 | 30.4% | 38.6% |
| 2023-24 | 28.1% | 33.6% |
| 2022-23 | 27.3% | 36.5% |
| 2021-22 | 28.9% | 33.9% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Unity Grove Elementary School
Unity Grove Elementary School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unity Grove Elementary School this school | 882 | 68.3% | 32.3% |
| Grovetown Elementary School Grovetown | 908 | 66.9% | 44.4% |
| Allgood Elementary School Dallas | 811 | 72.3% | 26.9% |
| Dewar Elementary Valdosta | 821 | 75.8% | 51.0% |
| David A. Perdue Primary Warner Robins | 716 | 73.9% | N/A |
| Welch Elementary School Newnan | 1,012 | 58.7% | 43.4% |
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 Unity Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Henry County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #741 of 1,208 | #9 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #646 of 1,215 ▲ 108 | #7 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #705 of 1,215 ▲ 135 | #12 of 28 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.1pp | #522 of 1,183 | #14 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 882 | #152 of 1,324 | #3 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #1,114 of 1,301 | #22 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #257 of 1,301 | #3 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.3% | #853 of 1,312 | #20 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.1% | #177 of 386 | #8 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
882
+138 (+19%) vs 2020
+6% since 2010-11, when it was 830
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
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 | 882 | 58.5 | 15.1:1 | 68% (602) |
| 2023-24 | 844 | 60.1 | 14.0:1 | 72% (611) |
| 2022-23 | 838 | 53.5 | 15.7:1 | 53% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 744 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 39% (290) |
| 2017-18 | 794 | 54 | 14.7:1 | 44% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 796 | 50 | 15.9:1 | 44% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 830 | 52 | 16.0:1 | 44% (367) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Unity Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (794 to 882); teachers up 8% (54 to 58.5).
About Unity Grove Elementary School
In Locust Grove, Georgia, part of Henry County, Unity Grove Elementary School is an elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 882 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Unity Grove Elementary School is one of the 53 schools that make up Henry County (43,012 students in total).
No group is above 50% at Unity Grove Elementary School; the largest is Black, at 46%. The rest of enrollment is 32% White, 13% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. The diversity index for Unity Grove Elementary School is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 58.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.1:1. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 1.7 students per teacher. On the income side, 68% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 42.1%. Unity Grove Elementary School scores 32.3%.
Census data for Henry County show median household income comes to about $83,146, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 54 public schools and about 43,102 students.
Locust Grove High, about 1.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Unity Grove Elementary School places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
The school's enrollment rose 19% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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 Locust Grove
- Locust Grove HighHigh · 1,572 students
- Luella High SchoolHigh · 1,236 students
- Locust Grove MiddleMiddle · 1,010 students
- Luella Middle SchoolMiddle · 849 students
- Bethlehem Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 621 students
Nearby schools
- Locust Grove High1.8 mi · 1,572
- Locust Grove Middle2.0 mi · 1,010
- Tussahaw Elementary2.6 mi · 886
- Locust Grove Elementary School3.2 mi · 576
- New Hope Elementary3.5 mi · 621
- Bethlehem Elementary School4.1 mi · 630
Frequently asked questions
About Unity Grove Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Unity Grove Elementary School?
Unity Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 882 students in grades PK-05.
Is Unity Grove Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Unity Grove Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Unity Grove Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Unity Grove Elementary School.
How diverse is Unity Grove Elementary School?
Unity Grove Elementary School reports a student body of 32% White, 13% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Unity Grove Elementary School in?
Unity Grove Elementary School is part of Henry County.
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