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Woodstock Elementary School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Woodstock Elementary School
Woodstock Elementary School is a heavily attended K-5 school in Woodstock, Georgia, one of the schools within Cherokee County. The school instructs 1,187 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 96% larger than typical.
Woodstock Elementary School is one of 37 schools operated by Cherokee County, a district that educates 42,031 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Woodstock Elementary School lists that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 9% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Cherokee County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Woodstock Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Woodstock Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 49.6%, a residual of -7.2 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Cherokee County shows the typical household earns roughly $108,115 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cherokee County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,642 students), Woodstock Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Woodstock Middle School, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woodstock Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 58.4%.
Woodstock Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woodstock Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 1,180 students in 2018 to 1,187 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 53% to 49%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for Woodstock Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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