Elm Street Elementary School

Coordinates: 34°15′57″N 85°12′26″W / 34.26583°N 85.20722°W / 34.26583; -85.20722
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Elm Street Elementary School
Address
Map
8 South Elm Street

,
Georgia
30165

United States
Coordinates34°15′57″N 85°12′26″W / 34.26583°N 85.20722°W / 34.26583; -85.20722
Information
TypePublic
School districtRome City School District
PrincipalLisa Strack
Faculty44.20 (FTE)[1]
GradesPre-kindergarten – 6
Enrollment569 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.87
Color(s)Red and gold
   
MascotWolves
Websiteese.rcs.rome.ga.us

Elm Street Elementary School was one of the first schools to be built in a

public school
that serves students in Pre-kindergarten through sixth grade.

Elm Street Elementary School was built in 1922 and is in use today. Lisa Strack is the principal.[3]

McDonald's Corporation selected Elm Street Elementary as a site for one of its national recycling commercials because the school, after renovation, is old on the outside and new on the inside.[4]

Awards

Elm Street Elementary School has earned first place recognition in Georgia for its Response to Intervention program, a tactic employed by schools to help students struggling in a particular area of study.

Elm Street Elementary School made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) in 2009. It also won the Picturing America Award in 2009.[5]

Elm Street Elementary received Georgia STEM Certification in 2017.

Students and teachers

Student ethnicity:[2]

  • Hispanic 52%
  • Black 32%
  • White 15%
  • Asian/Pacific Islander 2%

Gender:

  • Female 52%
  • Male 48%

Two teachers of Elm Street Elementary won the

Teacher of the Year award twice in a row. Recent winner Connie DeVille was considered for the teacher of the year state competition.[6]

Specialty areas

  • Music
  • Physical education
  • Special education
  • Gifted and Esol programs

References

  1. ^ a b "Elm Street Elementary". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "School Information & Ratings on SchoolFinder". www.education.com.
  3. ^ "Elm Street Elementary School". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Award Recipients". Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  6. ^ "RN-T.com - Elm Street educator named Teacher of the Year for Rome school Breaking New". Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2010.