Varnell Elementary School
3900 Cleveland Rd
Dalton GA, 30721, Whitfield County
Phone: 706-694-3471
Ranking: (755 out of 1,747, top 43%)*
Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Whitfield County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 33 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 38 | |||||||
Total Students: | 482 | 486 | 472 | 474 | 503 | 530 | 543 | |||||||
Kindergarten: | 83 | 17.2% | 84 | 17.3% | 77 | 16.3% | 71 | 15.0% | 108 | 21.5% | 86 | 16.2% | 109 | 20.1% |
Grade 1: | 81 | 16.8% | 82 | 16.9% | 62 | 13.1% | 98 | 20.7% | 75 | 14.9% | 98 | 18.5% | 91 | 16.8% |
Grade 2: | 84 | 17.4% | 70 | 14.4% | 102 | 21.6% | 72 | 15.2% | 81 | 16.1% | 89 | 16.8% | 76 | 14.0% |
Grade 3: | 69 | 14.3% | 97 | 20.0% | 72 | 15.3% | 79 | 16.7% | 80 | 15.9% | 72 | 13.6% | 93 | 17.1% |
Grade 4: | 93 | 19.3% | 69 | 14.2% | 80 | 16.9% | 78 | 16.5% | 69 | 13.7% | 90 | 17.0% | 96 | 17.7% |
Grade 5: | 72 | 14.9% | 84 | 17.3% | 79 | 16.7% | 76 | 16.0% | 90 | 17.9% | 95 | 17.9% | 78 | 14.4% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 244 | 50.6% | 266 | 54.7% | 249 | 52.8% | 257 | 54.2% | 272 | 54.1% | 287 | 54.2% | 304 | 56.0% |
Female: | 238 | 49.4% | 220 | 45.3% | 223 | 47.2% | 217 | 45.8% | 231 | 45.9% | 215 | 40.6% | 210 | 38.7% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 6 | 1.2% | 3 | 0.6% | 4 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.8% | 4 | 0.8% | 5 | 0.9% |
Hispanic: | 165 | 34.2% | 165 | 34.0% | 178 | 37.7% | 209 | 44.1% | 220 | 43.7% | 206 | 38.9% | 204 | 37.6% |
Black: | 18 | 3.7% | 16 | 3.3% | 18 | 3.8% | 22 | 4.6% | 11 | 2.2% | 8 | 1.5% | 19 | 3.5% |
White: | 266 | 55.2% | 275 | 56.6% | 251 | 53.2% | 225 | 47.5% | 255 | 50.7% | 292 | 55.1% | 290 | 53.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 25 | 5.2% | 25 | 5.1% | 21 | 4.4% | 15 | 3.2% | 11 | 2.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 275 | 57.1% | 285 | 58.6% | 285 | 60.4% | 301 | 63.5% | 288 | 57.3% | 262 | 49.4% | 246 | 45.3% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 41 | 8.5% | 44 | 9.1% | 39 | 8.3% | 31 | 6.5% | 50 | 9.9% | 51 | 9.6% | 72 | 13.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 14.83 | 14.95 | 15.48 | 14.67 | 14.58 | 13.60 | 14.10 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CRCT | ||||||
2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 79.6% | 80% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 82.1% | 82.4% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 86.2% | 84.4% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 87.2% | 84% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 88.5% | 87% |
2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 92.4% | 90% |
2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 84.9% | 82.3% |
2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 87% | 89.2% | 86.4% |
2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 92% | 87% |
2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 87.4% | 85% |
2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 88.2% | 87% |
2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 89.9% | 90.1% |
2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 94.2% | 90.3% |
2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 95.4% | 90.9% |
2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 98.6% | 94% | 93% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 83.2% | 83% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 84.2% | 83.7% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 83.7% | 84.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 87.3% | 86.8% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 85.9% | 85% |
2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 88.9% | 87% |
2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 92.9% | 82.6% | 81.4% |
2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 88.4% | 85.5% |
2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 91.1% | 87.3% |
2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93.8% | 89.6% | 86% |
2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 92.6% | 90.1% | 89% |
2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 90.8% | 91.3% |
2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 91.2% | 92% |
2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 93.1% | 91.9% |
2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 92.3% | 91% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 81% | 82% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92% | 84.6% | 85.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 84.3% | 87.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.4% | 87.9% | 86.6% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 88.2% | 88% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 88.1% | 89.2% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 90% | 91% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 88.3% | 88.1% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 91.9% | 91% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95% | 92.5% | 90.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 65.5% | 70.9% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82% | 76.9% | 77.9% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 79% | 79% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.1% | 77.6% | 81.2% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.2% | 76.9% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 72.4% | 78.5% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 80.4% | 82% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 82.6% | 85.1% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 85.1% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 88% | 88% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 91.6% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 92.2% | 90.9% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 90.4% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.6% | 92.7% | 92.1% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 84.4% | 85% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 68.6% | 70.1% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 72.1% | 74.5% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 83.3% | 79.7% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87% | 83.5% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 82% | 80.5% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 77.3% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.1% | 76.1% | 78.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 88.2% | 88% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 96% | 90.2% | 88.6% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 88.8% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 77.7% | 76.1% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 81.8% | 79% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 82.5% | 81% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 83.1% | 81% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 83.0% | 83.4% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 77.7% | 79% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 84.5% | 84.3% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 86.2% | 86.2% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 85.1% | 86.9% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 86% | 87% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 92% | 86.7% | 88% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.5% | 88.8% | 90% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 88.3% | 90.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 77.8% | 79% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75% | 79.5% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.9% | 69.6% | 70% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 62% | 70.3% | 74.3% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 75.7% | 77% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 77.8% | 81.1% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 73.2% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 79.6% | 84.3% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.1% | 79.6% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 86.9% | 85.2% | 84.7% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 88% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 86.9% | 87.3% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 90% | 89.3% | 89% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 86.3% | 87.9% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 95% | 90% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 98.4% | 91.8% | 92.5% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 90.3% | 88% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 74.4% | 71.9% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 77% | 73.8% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 76.7% | 77.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.9% | 82.6% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 77.3% | 79% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.2% | 79.2% | 81% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.9% | 82.2% | 82.7% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 89.5% | 90% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 91.3% | 88.5% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 96.8% | 93.7% | 90.2% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.2% | 73.5% | 71.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 73.8% | 74% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 80.9% | 77.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 79.1% | 79% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 95.3% | 82.9% | 81.3% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 83.1% | 85% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90% | 87.4% | 87.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 91.4% | 89.9% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 92.5% | 91.3% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.5% | 91.8% | 92% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 91.5% | 93% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 93.4% | 95% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.5% | 93.6% | 94.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 88.4% | 88% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 85.2% | 88.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.3% | 70.1% | 71.7% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 76.3% | 79.2% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 73.9% | 82% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 78.5% | 86.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72% | 74.1% | 84% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 84.7% | 89.5% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 78.7% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 85.6% | 85.5% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 87.7% | 87.2% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.8% | 90% | 87.8% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 90.6% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 91.4% | 90.5% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 91.2% | 91% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 92.8% | 92.9% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 90.5% | 89% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 73% | 66.8% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 78.8% | 71.3% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 81.1% | 76% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 79.8% | 77% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 77.8% | 76.6% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 79% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.7% | 80.1% | 79.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.7% | 91.1% | 91% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 90.4% | 88.4% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 91% | 93.7% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 74.8% | 71.2% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 74.6% | 72% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.9% | 72.2% | 71.3% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 79% | 76.4% | 77% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 82.1% | 80.5% |
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* Varnell Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.