Tara Elementary School
937 Mount Zion Rd
Morrow GA, 30260, Clayton County
Phone: 770-968-2915
Ranking:
(1,603 out of 1,747, bottom 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Clayton 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: | 42 | 40 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 51 | 44 | |||||||
Total Students: | 662 | 662 | 593 | 572 | 576 | 627 | 613 | |||||||
Prekindergarten: | 29 | 4.4% | 29 | 4.4% | 27 | 4.6% | 25 | 4.4% | 25 | 4.3% | 29 | 4.6% | 25 | 4.1% |
Kindergarten: | 111 | 16.8% | 124 | 18.7% | 89 | 15.0% | 91 | 15.9% | 98 | 17.0% | 99 | 15.8% | 114 | 18.6% |
Grade 1: | 118 | 17.8% | 113 | 17.1% | 88 | 14.8% | 97 | 17.0% | 88 | 15.3% | 120 | 19.1% | 108 | 17.6% |
Grade 2: | 108 | 16.3% | 95 | 14.4% | 96 | 16.2% | 83 | 14.5% | 101 | 17.5% | 110 | 17.5% | 88 | 14.4% |
Grade 3: | 91 | 13.7% | 102 | 15.4% | 100 | 16.9% | 98 | 17.1% | 99 | 17.2% | 86 | 13.7% | 105 | 17.1% |
Grade 4: | 101 | 15.3% | 96 | 14.5% | 96 | 16.2% | 95 | 16.6% | 74 | 12.8% | 97 | 15.5% | 80 | 13.1% |
Grade 5: | 104 | 15.7% | 103 | 15.6% | 97 | 16.4% | 83 | 14.5% | 91 | 15.8% | 86 | 13.7% | 93 | 15.2% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 339 | 51.2% | 334 | 50.5% | 313 | 52.8% | 303 | 53.0% | 299 | 51.9% | 327 | 52.2% | 321 | 52.4% |
Female: | 323 | 48.8% | 328 | 49.5% | 280 | 47.2% | 269 | 47.0% | 277 | 48.1% | 272 | 43.4% | 260 | 42.4% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 16 | 2.4% | 20 | 3.0% | 20 | 3.4% | 13 | 2.3% | 21 | 3.6% | 15 | 2.4% | 13 | 2.1% |
Hispanic: | 191 | 28.9% | 208 | 31.4% | 204 | 34.4% | 192 | 33.6% | 179 | 31.1% | 193 | 30.8% | 195 | 31.8% |
Black: | 415 | 62.7% | 384 | 58.0% | 327 | 55.1% | 327 | 57.2% | 333 | 57.8% | 370 | 59.0% | 349 | 56.9% |
White: | 12 | 1.8% | 18 | 2.7% | 20 | 3.4% | 21 | 3.7% | 23 | 4.0% | 29 | 4.6% | 28 | 4.6% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 24 | 3.6% | 28 | 4.2% | 21 | 3.5% | 19 | 3.3% | 19 | 3.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 659 | 99.5% | 607 | 91.7% | 551 | 92.9% | 495 | 86.5% | 526 | 91.3% | 541 | 86.3% | 489 | 79.8% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 26 | 3.9% | 39 | 6.6% | 68 | 11.9% | 35 | 6.1% | 46 | 7.3% | 67 | 10.9% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.88 | 16.68 | 13.63 | 12.85 | 12.66 | 12.30 | 13.90 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
CRCT | ||||||
2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 58.1% | 68% | 80% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 49.6% | 69.9% | 82.4% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 53.4% | 77.2% | 84.4% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 48.1% | 77.4% | 84% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 74.4% | 81.5% | 87% |
2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 82.3% | 90% |
2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 70.6% | 82.3% |
2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 78.8% | 86.4% |
2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 81.3% | 87% |
2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 80.4% | 85% |
2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 78.1% | 87% |
2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 80.3% | 90.1% |
2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 84.5% | 90.3% |
2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 64.6% | 87% | 90.9% |
2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 96.3% | 90.6% | 93% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 61.6% | 71.9% | 83% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 55.7% | 72% | 83.7% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 52.5% | 73.2% | 84.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 80.3% | 79.9% | 86.8% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 79.8% | 85% |
2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 64.1% | 76.3% | 87% |
2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 50.9% | 69.3% | 81.4% |
2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 58.6% | 76.2% | 85.5% |
2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.2% | 80.1% | 87.3% |
2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 64.5% | 81.7% | 86% |
2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 78.6% | 80.7% | 89% |
2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 85.2% | 91.3% |
2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 86.1% | 92% |
2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 87.8% | 91.9% |
2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 79.3% | 87.6% | 91% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 59.4% | 74.8% | 82% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56% | 75.7% | 85.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63% | 79.6% | 87.1% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.7% | 77.5% | 86.6% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 82.8% | 88% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 83.9% | 89.2% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 82% | 91% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 79.0% | 88.1% |
2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 86.2% | 91% |
2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 83.5% | 90.4% |
2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 30.7% | 55% | 70.9% |
2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 52% | 66.8% | 77.9% |
2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.3% | 73.8% | 79% |
2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 72.6% | 81.2% |
2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.6% | 68% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 64.6% | 78.5% |
2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 56.1% | 72.2% | 82% |
2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57% | 72% | 85.1% |
2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62% | 78.4% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 79% | 88% |
2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83% | 84.9% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 85.7% | 90.9% |
2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 82.3% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 84.5% | 92.1% |
2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 54.9% | 73.6% | 85% |
2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 50% | 70.1% |
2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 58.3% | 74.5% |
2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.6% | 64.9% | 79.7% |
2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61% | 70% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 68.2% | 80.5% |
2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 64% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.7% | 64.9% | 78.4% |
2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 81.6% | 88% |
2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.7% | 79.2% | 88.6% |
2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61% | 79.7% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 49.5% | 63.2% | 76.1% |
2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 69.5% | 79% |
2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 68% | 81% |
2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.5% | 68.2% | 81% |
2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 69.5% | 83.4% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 64% | 67.4% | 79% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.5% | 71.8% | 84.3% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 64.8% | 75.7% | 86.2% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 77.4% | 86.9% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 81.7% | 87% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 82.7% | 88% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 84% | 90% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.5% | 83.9% | 90.2% |
2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.2% | 68.1% | 79% |
2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.8% | 63.6% | 78.4% |
2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.8% | 53.1% | 70% |
2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.5% | 61.5% | 74.3% |
2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 67% | 66.6% | 77% |
2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.4% | 70.5% | 81.1% |
2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 69.5% | 81% |
2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 74.6% | 84.3% |
2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 67.8% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 71.7% | 84.7% |
2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 67% | 77.4% | 87.5% |
2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 77.3% | 87.3% |
2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 82.2% | 89% |
2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 79.5% | 87.9% |
2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 82.6% | 90% |
2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 87.0% | 92.5% |
2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 76.6% | 88% |
2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 46.3% | 48.2% | 71.9% |
2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.3% | 51.8% | 73.8% |
2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 58.4% | 77.7% |
2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.5% | 63.9% | 80% |
2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.5% | 63.1% | 79% |
2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.6% | 71.4% | 81% |
2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 74.5% | 82.7% |
2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 81.2% | 90% |
2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.3% | 76.3% | 88.5% |
2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.6% | 80.7% | 90.2% |
2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 48.5% | 50% | 71.4% |
2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 44% | 56.9% | 74% |
2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 57.8% | 77.4% |
2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 64.5% | 79% |
2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.5% | 68.7% | 81.3% |
2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.5% | 76.2% | 85% |
2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 80.3% | 87.6% |
2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 84.7% | 89.9% |
2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.5% | 85.5% | 91.3% |
2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 89.2% | 92% |
2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 80% | 89.3% | 93% |
2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 91% | 95% |
2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 90.9% | 94.2% |
2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 82.1% | 88% |
2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 81.9% | 88.1% |
2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 40% | 59.4% | 71.7% |
2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.3% | 71% | 79.2% |
2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.3% | 76.1% | 82% |
2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 79.9% | 86.6% |
2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 74.3% | 84% |
2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 84.2% | 89.5% |
2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 70.2% | 81% |
2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75% | 76.3% | 85.5% |
2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.2% | 79.4% | 87.2% |
2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 79.2% | 87.8% |
2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 84% | 90% |
2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 82.8% | 90.5% |
2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 85.7% | 91% |
2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.8% | 89.4% | 92.9% |
2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 80.3% | 89% |
2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 39.7% | 46.7% | 66.8% |
2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 45.6% | 53.1% | 71.3% |
2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 62.4% | 76% |
2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 64.7% | 77% |
2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 60.3% | 76.6% |
2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78% | 70.6% | 78% |
2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 73.3% | 79.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 84.4% | 91% |
2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 81.2% | 88.4% |
2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 81.6% | 89% |
2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 57.2% | 71.2% |
2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 56.3% | 72% |
2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 60.6% | 49.7% | 71.3% |
2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 85% | 65.1% | 77% |
2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.4% | 69.0% | 80.5% |
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* Tara 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.