Summary:
Zip code 30170 in west Georgia is home to two elementary schools—Roopville Elementary School and Ephesus Elementary School—serving roughly 637 students in pre-kindergarten through 5th grade across two different districts, Carroll County and Heard County.
Roopville Elementary is the larger and higher-performing school, with 457 students, a 4-star rating, and an 81st percentile statewide rank. It excels particularly in 5th grade, where 65.1% of students are proficient in math and 63.4% in science—both roughly 20 points above state averages. Ephesus Elementary, by contrast, is a small school of 180 students where every student qualifies for free or reduced lunch. Despite this challenge, it earns a 3-star rating and shows a notable strength in 3rd-grade math, where 61.9% of students are proficient—actually beating Roopville's 56.9%. However, the two schools diverge sharply by 5th grade: Roopville's math proficiency (65.1%) is nearly double Ephesus's (33.3%), a 32-point gap that represents the largest disparity in the data. Ephesus does invest more per student ($15,317 vs. $13,465) and maintains a better student-teacher ratio (10.6:1 vs. 15.7:1), but its chronic absenteeism rate of 16.7% is notably higher than Roopville's 10.9%.
For parents, the key takeaway is that Roopville offers consistently strong academics with a supportive, middle-income student body, while Ephesus serves a high-poverty community with smaller classes and higher spending but struggles to maintain early-grade gains through 5th grade. Both schools outperform their respective district averages, though Heard County ranks higher statewide (87th percentile) than Carroll County (69th percentile). The most recent ELA data from 2024-2025 shows Roopville's 5th-grade literacy at 67.6% proficiency versus Ephesus's 40.0%, reinforcing the pattern of Roopville's stronger upper-grade performance. Current-year ELA scores will be released in December.
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