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Elm Street Elementary School

Coordinates:34°15′57″N85°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″N85°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 Schoolwas one of the first schools to be built in aplanned community.It is one of eightelementary schoolsin theRome City School DistrictinGeorgia,United States. The naming convention for most of the streets in the community, and thus for the school, related to various types of trees.[2]It is apublic schoolthat 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 Corporationselected Elm Street Elementary as a site for one of its nationalrecyclingcommercials because the school, after renovation, is old on the outside and new on the inside.[4]

Awards

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

Elm Street Elementary School madeAdequate Yearly Progress(AYP) in 2009. It also won thePicturing America Awardin 2009.[5]

Elm Street Elementary received Georgia STEM Certification in 2017.

Students and teachers

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

Specialty areas

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

References

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  1. ^ab"Elm Street Elementary".National Center for Education Statistics.RetrievedJuly 31,2024.
  2. ^ab"School Information & Ratings on SchoolFinder".www.education.com.
  3. ^"Elm Street Elementary School".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-28.Retrieved2010-09-14.
  4. ^"Archived copy".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-28.Retrieved2010-09-14.{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^"Award Recipients".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-10-07.Retrieved2010-09-14.
  6. ^"RN-T.com - Elm Street educator named Teacher of the Year for Rome school Breaking New".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-07-15.Retrieved2010-09-14.
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