Gaines Elementary School
280 Gaines School Rd
Athens GA, 30605, Clarke County
Phone: 706-257-5338
Ranking: 
(1,664 out of 1,747, bottom 5%)*
(1,664 out of 1,747, bottom 5%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Clarke 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: | 45 | 49 | 51 | 49 | 50 | 53 | 49 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 619 | 601 | 588 | 593 | 577 | 673 | 620 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 75 | 12.1% | 73 | 12.1% | 67 | 11.4% | 64 | 10.8% | 66 | 11.4% | 43 | 6.4% | 40 | 6.5% |
| Kindergarten: | 112 | 18.1% | 109 | 18.1% | 106 | 18.0% | 94 | 15.9% | 101 | 17.5% | 119 | 17.7% | 105 | 16.9% |
| Grade 1: | 90 | 14.5% | 97 | 16.1% | 78 | 13.3% | 100 | 16.9% | 84 | 14.6% | 101 | 15.0% | 100 | 16.1% |
| Grade 2: | 93 | 15.0% | 73 | 12.1% | 101 | 17.2% | 79 | 13.3% | 72 | 12.5% | 104 | 15.5% | 103 | 16.6% |
| Grade 3: | 80 | 12.9% | 96 | 16.0% | 78 | 13.3% | 81 | 13.7% | 86 | 14.9% | 100 | 14.9% | 94 | 15.2% |
| Grade 4: | 98 | 15.8% | 78 | 13.0% | 76 | 12.9% | 91 | 15.3% | 76 | 13.2% | 108 | 16.0% | 92 | 14.8% |
| Grade 5: | 71 | 11.5% | 75 | 12.5% | 82 | 13.9% | 84 | 14.2% | 92 | 15.9% | 98 | 14.6% | 86 | 13.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 318 | 51.4% | 298 | 49.6% | 296 | 50.3% | 303 | 51.1% | 290 | 50.3% | 319 | 47.4% | 305 | 49.2% |
| Female: | 301 | 48.6% | 303 | 50.4% | 292 | 49.7% | 290 | 48.9% | 287 | 49.7% | 324 | 48.1% | 293 | 47.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 16 | 2.6% | 17 | 2.8% | 9 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.2% | 11 | 1.9% | 10 | 1.5% | 6 | 1.0% |
| Hispanic: | 63 | 10.2% | 53 | 8.8% | 53 | 9.0% | 61 | 10.3% | 52 | 9.0% | 79 | 11.7% | 84 | 13.5% |
| Black: | 483 | 78.0% | 490 | 81.5% | 479 | 81.5% | 479 | 80.8% | 451 | 78.2% | 525 | 78.0% | 468 | 75.5% |
| White: | 29 | 4.7% | 24 | 4.0% | 22 | 3.7% | 18 | 3.0% | 31 | 5.4% | 35 | 5.2% | 43 | 6.9% |
| 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: | 28 | 4.5% | 17 | 2.8% | 25 | 4.3% | 28 | 4.7% | 32 | 5.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 602 | 97.3% | 571 | 95.0% | 539 | 91.7% | 548 | 92.4% | 536 | 92.9% | 584 | 86.8% | 504 | 81.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 14 | 2.3% | 22 | 3.7% | 22 | 3.7% | 24 | 4.0% | 27 | 4.7% | 34 | 5.1% | 52 | 8.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.91 | 12.39 | 11.64 | 12.10 | 11.66 | 12.70 | 12.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 65.6% | 69.8% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 70% | 77.6% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 75.6% | 84% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 81.3% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 68.8% | 82.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 68% | 80.5% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 67.3% | 79% | 87% |
| 2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 81% | 85% |
| 2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 82.8% | 90.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 74% | 85.1% | 90.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 84% | 90.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 87.4% | 93% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 70.7% | 83.7% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 80% | 73.5% | 84.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 73.4% | 76.8% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 76.7% | 85% |
| 2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 65% | 66.1% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 81% | 74.6% | 85.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 77.3% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 81% | 86% |
| 2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 83.2% | 91.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 86.7% | 92% |
| 2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 83.7% | 83.5% | 91.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 86.9% | 91% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.3% | 74.4% | 85.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 80.8% | 87.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 78% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 81% | 88% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72% | 83.5% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 86.9% | 91% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 81.1% | 88.1% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 80.3% | 90.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 53.6% | 70.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 69.7% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 76.8% | 79% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 78.3% | 81.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 77.5% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 49.0% | 73.8% | 78.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57% | 70.9% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 79.2% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 78.7% | 88% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 87.4% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 86.7% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 87.3% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 88.6% | 92.1% |
| 2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 36.7% | 54.6% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.8% | 63.5% | 74.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 72.9% | 79.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 75.5% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 75.1% | 80.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43.7% | 69.7% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.9% | 70.0% | 78.4% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 78% | 88.6% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 84.1% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.2% | 69.4% | 76.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.9% | 72.2% | 79% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 77% | 81% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 71.7% | 81% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 76.9% | 83.4% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 74.5% | 84.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 77.3% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 78.8% | 86.9% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 82.6% | 87% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.8% | 82.4% | 88% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.7% | 87.7% | 90% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 82.4% | 90.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 63.7% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 31.5% | 51.8% | 70% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 42.9% | 57.1% | 74.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 72.1% | 77% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 78.6% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.9% | 78.1% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 81.6% | 84.3% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.1% | 74.6% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 80.2% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.9% | 77.7% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 85.8% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 80.1% | 87.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.1% | 86.8% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.8% | 87.0% | 92.5% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 56.3% | 71.9% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.6% | 59.9% | 73.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.6% | 65.5% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 75.5% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 36.3% | 64.6% | 79% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 75.1% | 81% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 76.4% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 81% | 79.7% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.7% | 83.2% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 57.3% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.7% | 63.6% | 74% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.3% | 63.5% | 77.4% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 69.2% | 79% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 54.8% | 71.1% | 81.3% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 78% | 87.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 82.6% | 89.9% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 83% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 85.4% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 91.3% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 92.2% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 92.0% | 94.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.1% | 77.8% | 88.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 45% | 52.6% | 71.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 68% | 79.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 73.6% | 82% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 88.7% | 86.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 84.9% | 84% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.0% | 90.2% | 89.5% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 73% | 85.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 79.2% | 87.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 77.5% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 83.4% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 87.9% | 90.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 87.8% | 91% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 91.3% | 92.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.5% | 48.3% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.1% | 57.3% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 67.6% | 76% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 68.9% | 77% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.4% | 69.9% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 50.6% | 71.5% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 59.7% | 73.9% | 79.6% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 78.5% | 88.4% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.6% | 82.1% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 32.2% | 52.9% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 52.9% | 72% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.2% | 57.4% | 71.3% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 44.4% | 63.2% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.7% | 72.5% | 80.5% |
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* Gaines Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.