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Ball Ground Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 5

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
321 Valley St
Ball Ground, GA 30107
Phone
(770) 721-5900
District
CHEROKEE COUNTY
County
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
560
Classroom Teachers
62

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Georgia

8

(10 is best)

Better than 70.6% of all GA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Ball Ground Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

50 40 30 20 10 0
45%
40%
44%
36%
46%
43%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 4

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
50%
41%
43%
38%
56%
44%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 5

50 40 30 20 10 0
41%
39%
43%
41%
38%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
9
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 31 5.5%
Kindergarten 88 15.7%
Grade 1 91 16.3%
Grade 2 94 16.8%
Grade 3 83 14.8%
Grade 4 86 15.4%
Grade 5 87 15.5%
Total 560 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 91.5% 67.0% 38.6%
Black 2.1% 8.1% 38.1%
Hispanic 6.2% 22.6% 18.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.2% 2.1% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 262,155 10,912,876
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 603.8 187
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.7% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.7% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.4% 33.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.0% 25.4%
65 OR OLDER 14.1% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 94,208 3,946,490
Single Parent Households With Children 7.2% 9.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.9% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 38.4% 33.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.7% 18.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.1% 16.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.2% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.7% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.0% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.6% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 5.8% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,120 $304,493,920 60.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $661 $28,268,326 5.6%
Staff $656 $28,054,496 5.5%
General Administration $81 $3,464,046 0.7%
School Administration $621 $26,557,686 5.2%
Operation $627 $26,814,282 5.3%
Transportation $554 $23,692,364 4.7%
Other $190 $8,125,540 1.6%
Total Support $3,391 $145,019,506 28.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,357 $58,033,462 11.4%
Total Expenditures $11,868 $507,546,888 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,173 $12,487,910,271 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $676 $1,176,548,933 5.1%
Staff $594 $1,034,558,924 4.5%
General Administration $154 $268,921,756 1.2%
School Administration $768 $1,337,003,569 5.8%
Operation $900 $1,567,657,475 6.8%
Transportation $538 $936,344,630 4.0%
Other $397 $691,196,214 3.0%
Total Support $4,028 $7,012,277,581 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,085 $3,630,005,298 15.7%
Total Expenditures $13,287 $23,130,146,352 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%