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Enrollment
664
Elementary
DISTRICT 550 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COWETA COUNTY·NCES 130150002531
Willis Road Elementary
430 Willis Rd, Sharpsburg, GA 30277 · (770) 304-7995 · Coweta County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- C-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
14.0:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
235 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 25 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
47.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.9pp since 2021
Math
51.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.5pp 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 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.6% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 57.4% | 55.8% |
| 2022-23 | 51.5% | 50.5% |
| 2021-22 | 54.5% | 47.9% |
% 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
52.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Willis Road Elementary
Willis Road Elementary's state test result (52.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willis Road Elementary this school | 664 | 35.4% | 52.6% |
| Boston Elementary School Woodstock | 651 | 39.5% | 45.9% |
| Pickett's Mill Elementary School Acworth | 753 | 32.3% | 64.3% |
| Sugarmill Elementary Saint Marys | 651 | 40.4% | 62.6% |
| Canongate Elementary School Sharpsburg | 645 | 28.2% | 65.0% |
| Huddleston Elementary School Peachtree City | 616 | 33.4% | 61.8% |
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 Willis Road Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Coweta County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.6% | #301 of 1,208 | #10 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #381 of 1,215 ▼ 60 | #10 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #305 of 1,215 ▼ 97 | #8 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #296 of 1,183 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #447 of 1,324 | #5 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #845 of 1,301 | #12 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #649 of 1,301 | #15 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.4% | #1,148 of 1,312 | #16 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #527 of 854 | #7 of 11 |
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
664
-59 (-8%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 763
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 664 | 47.3 | 14.0:1 | 35% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 45 | 15.9:1 | 34% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 47 | 15.4:1 | 23% (169) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 25% (182) |
| 2017-18 | 739 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 30% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 37% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | 46 | 16.6:1 | 38% (287) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willis Road Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (739 to 664); teachers up 3% (46 to 47.3).
About Willis Road Elementary
Willis Road Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Sharpsburg, Georgia. There are 664 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
Willis Road Elementary is one of 29 schools in Coweta County, which enrolls 23,064 students in total.
At Willis Road Elementary, 64% of students are White. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Willis Road Elementary scores 55%.
Willis Road Elementary has 47.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.0:1. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 35% at Willis Road Elementary. On average, public schools in Coweta County report 46%.
Willis Road Elementary earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 49% of Georgia public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Willis Road Elementary is 6.5 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 52.6% actual, 59.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Coweta County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $95,548 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Willis Road Elementary shares Coweta County with 30 other public schools.
Willis Road Elementary is about 0.2 miles from Lee Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Willis Road Elementary is ahead of the 50.6% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
Willis Road Elementary has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment fell 8% over 4 years, reaching 664 in 2024-25.
Willis Road Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Coweta County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
152,852
Census ACS
Median income
$95,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
23,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Coweta County
- East Coweta High SchoolHigh · 3,001 students
- Newnan High SchoolHigh · 2,214 students
- Northgate High SchoolHigh · 2,142 students
- Welch Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,012 students
- Newnan Crossing Elementary SchoolElementary · 912 students
- Blake Bass Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
Other schools in Sharpsburg
- East Coweta High SchoolHigh · 3,001 students
- Blake Bass Middle SchoolMiddle · 887 students
- Lee Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Poplar Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 656 students
- Canongate Elementary SchoolElementary · 645 students
- Thomas Crossroads Elementary SchoolElementary · 352 students
Nearby schools
- Lee Middle School0.2 mi · 730
- East Coweta High School1.2 mi · 3,001
- Poplar Road Elementary School2.8 mi · 656
- Thomas Crossroads Elementary School3.4 mi · 352
- Welch Elementary School3.8 mi · 1,012
- Arnall Middle School3.8 mi · 740
Frequently asked questions
About Willis Road ElementaryHow many students attend Willis Road Elementary?
Willis Road Elementary enrolls approximately 664 students in grades PK-05.
Is Willis Road Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Willis Road Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Willis Road Elementary have?
Willis Road Elementary employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
How diverse is Willis Road Elementary?
Willis Road Elementary reports a student body of 64% White, 16% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Willis Road Elementary?
Willis Road Elementary is overseen by Coweta County in Coweta County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.