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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CATOOSA COUNTY·NCES 130093003304
Woodstation Elementary School
3404 Colbert Hollow Rd, Rock Spring, GA 30739 · (706) 935-6700 · Catoosa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- 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
16.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
219 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
42.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.0pp since 2021
Math
48.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 42 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 40.6% |
| 2022-23 | 45.3% | 47.9% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 38.5% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Woodstation Elementary School
Woodstation Elementary School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodstation Elementary School this school | 415 | 52.8% | 40.8% |
| Ringgold Elementary School Ringgold | 445 | 56.0% | 42.4% |
| Armuchee Elementary School Armuchee | 401 | 54.9% | 52.6% |
| Armuchee Primary School Rome | 480 | 55.6% | N/A |
| Union Elementary School Temple | 346 | 50.9% | 47.9% |
| Battlefield Elementary School Fort Oglethorpe | 426 | 49.8% | 40.2% |
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 Woodstation Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Catoosa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #536 of 1,208 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #447 of 1,215 ▲ 140 | #3 of 8 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #421 of 1,215 ▲ 165 | #4 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.3pp | #246 of 1,183 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #1,061 of 1,324 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,244 of 1,301 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #1,203 of 1,301 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.8% | #1,013 of 1,312 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #579 of 854 | #4 of 8 |
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
415
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 536
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 415 | 25.6 | 16.2:1 | 53% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 400 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 54% (217) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 42% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 40% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 34.5 | 13.2:1 | 49% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 47% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 46% (246) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodstation Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (455 to 415); teachers down 26% (34.5 to 25.6).
About Woodstation Elementary School
Woodstation Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in Rock Spring, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 415 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students.
Catoosa County has 16 schools; together they serve 10,134 students.
About 89% of the student body at Woodstation Elementary School is White. Other students are 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 88% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 20%, meaning two students picked at random have a 20% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 25.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Woodstation Elementary School was 16.2:1. This ratio sits 2.9 above the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 53%.
Woodstation Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Woodstation Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.8% is 9.3 points below the 50.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Catoosa County, the median household income is $74,639, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Catoosa County is home to 16 public schools and about 10,134 public school students.
The shortest distance from Woodstation Elementary School to another public school is about 5.1 miles, to Rock Spring Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. On state test proficiency, Woodstation Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Woodstation Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 407 in 2020-21, 415 in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 16.2 students per teacher, compared with 12.7 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Woodstation Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Catoosa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,634
Census ACS
Median income
$74,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
10,134 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Catoosa County
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,268 students
- Ringgold High SchoolHigh · 1,052 students
- Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High SchoolHigh · 963 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 858 students
- Ringgold Middle SchoolMiddle · 725 students
- Lakeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 647 students
Other schools in Rock Spring
- Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle SchoolElementary · 772 students
- Rock Spring Elementary SchoolElementary · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Rock Spring Elementary School5.1 mi · 419
- Westside Middle School6.3 mi · 428
- Westside Elementary School6.3 mi · 549
- Saddle Ridge Elementary and Middle School6.5 mi · 772
- Naomi Elementary School6.5 mi · 302
- LaFayette High School7.0 mi · 1,157
Frequently asked questions
About Woodstation Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Woodstation Elementary School?
Woodstation Elementary School enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Woodstation Elementary School serve?
Woodstation Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Woodstation Elementary School have?
Woodstation Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Woodstation Elementary School?
Student demographics at Woodstation Elementary School are roughly 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Woodstation Elementary School in?
Woodstation Elementary School is part of Catoosa County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.