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Idlewood Elementary School
1484 Idlewood Rd, Tucker, Ga. 30084
678-874-3202 | District Web site
Grades PK - 5
Under federally mandated standards, schools must meet a number of academic testing and testing participation standards, called Annual Yearly Progress. In the core testing areas of math and English language arts (ELA), this school did meet minimum standards in math and did meet minimum standards in ELA.
SCHOOL SIZE

Enrollment Total White Black Hispanic Other
This school 563 4% 84% 5% 7%
District total 98,967 10% 77% 7% 6%
Georgia total 1,536,889 50% 38% 7% 5%
About 7% of the students attending this school are enrolled in the “English to Speakers of Other Languages” program.

THE STUDENTS

Students per teacher Number
This school 11
District average 14
Georgia average 14
 
Free/reduced lunches Eligible
This school 82%
District average 59%
Georgia average 46%
 
Retained
This school 1%
District average 9%
Georgia average 7%

THE SCHOOL

Students at this school generally go on to: Tucker Middle
Expenditure per student: $8,018.46 
THE TEACHERS

Experience Number
<1 year 10
1-10 years 32
11-20 years 25
21-30 3
30+ years 0
 
Average experience Years
This school 9
District average 11
Georgia average 12
 
Advanced degrees Masters or above
This school 35%
District average 50%
Georgia average 53%

GIFTED STUDENTS
This school 2%
District Average 10%
State average 9%
Source: 2003-2004 school year data was compiled using publicly available data from the Georgia and U.S. departments of education, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the Georgia Student Finance Commission and from an independent AJC survey of public schools throughout metro Atlanta.

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