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Atha Road Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
440th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,238 Georgia Elementary Schools
Better than 64% of Georgia elementary schools
Summary

Atha Road Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Monroe, Georgia, serving grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 800 students. The school is part of the Walton County School District, which is ranked 42 out of 206 districts in Georgia and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Atha Road Elementary's test scores on the Milestones Assessment are generally on par with or slightly below the Walton County and Georgia averages, with some notable exceptions. In 2024-2025, the school's 5th-grade English Language Arts (ELA) proficiency rate of 47.6% is higher than the Walton County (49.6%) and Georgia (43%) averages, and its 4th-grade Mathematics proficiency rate of 58.8% is significantly higher than the Walton County (56.8%) and Georgia (49%) averages. However, Atha Road lags behind higher-performing schools like Sharon Elementary, Walnut Grove Elementary, and Youth Elementary, which consistently score above the Walton County and Georgia averages.

Atha Road Elementary has seen a significant increase in its free/reduced lunch rate, from 48.69% in 2022-2023 to 64.12% in 2023-2024, which is higher than the rates of most nearby schools. This suggests that the school is serving a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students, which may have implications for the school's resource allocation and support services. On a positive note, the school's student-teacher ratio has decreased from 15.9 in 2021-2022 to 14.8 in 2023-2024, indicating that the school is able to provide more individualized attention and support to its students.

771
Students ?
13.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$14,002
Per pupil spending ?
59.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 821 H D Atha Rd
       Monroe, GA  30655

(770) 266-5995

District: Walton County


Students who attend Atha Road Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Youth Middle School
High:    Walnut Grove High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
60.4%
African American:
21.8%
Hispanic:
9.5%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Rebounding — 48th percentile in 2022 → 64th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is rebounding — up to 64th (2025) from a 48th-percentile low (2022)
Above the Georgia median (64th percentile)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school45%
District avg47%
Georgia avg42%
440th of 1,238
Georgia public elementary schools ?
Top 36%▼ down 7 pts since 2015
From top 29% (2015) to top 36% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 9Elementary Schools in the Walton County
42nd of 206Walton County among Georgia districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankGeorgia percentileRating
202559.6440 of 123864.5%★★★☆☆
202456.2489 of 124860.8%★★★☆☆
202363.9409 of 124267.1%★★★☆☆
202243.7651 of 124447.7%★★☆☆☆
202161.7423 of 121465.2%★★★☆☆
201956.9500 of 123459.5%★★★☆☆
201862.6402 of 120966.7%★★★☆☆
201761.7405 of 120566.4%★★★☆☆
201662.3407 of 123367.0%★★★☆☆
201565.2358 of 124071.1%★★★★☆
201468.1440 of 123164.3%★★★☆☆
201367.9431 of 122564.8%★★★☆☆
201263.2518 of 120156.9%★★★☆☆
201151.6691 of 121243.0%★★☆☆☆
201039.8825 of 118330.3%★★☆☆☆
200948.5660 of 113341.7%★★☆☆☆
200834.7829 of 113426.9%★☆☆☆☆
200758.3524 of 112553.4%★★★☆☆
200652.1610 of 110144.6%★★☆☆☆
By subject vs Georgia (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics49%+4 vs state
Science44%~ state avg
English Language Arts41%~ state avg

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Atha Road Elementary School ranks 440th of 1238 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Atha Road Elementary School are 60% White, 22% African American, 9% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Students who attend Atha Road Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Youth Middle School
High : Walnut Grove High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 771 students attended Atha Road Elementary School.


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Latest Georgia data All new data »
2024–25 dropout ratesFeb 19, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJan 20, 2026
2019–20 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 8, 2026
2017–18 through 2023–24 dropout ratesJan 7, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

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