Arnold Mill Elementary School, 710 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock: grades PK-5, 800 students in 2025, CCRPI 88.5. Zone, report card and bell times.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Arnold Mill Elementary website, the Cherokee County School District’s boundary maps, geographic assignment chart (PDF), start and end times and 2026-27 calendar, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Arnold Mill Elementary School is a Cherokee County School District elementary school for pre-K through fifth grade. Its mailing address says Woodstock, but the campus sits outside the city limits, in unincorporated Cherokee County, according to the Census Bureau’s geocoder.
The school’s about page says the school averages about 789 students, with class sizes of 18 to 28 depending on grade. Students have art, physical education, music, library and guidance lessons on a regular basis.
- Address: 710 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock, GA 30188
- Phone: 770-721-6470
- Grades: Pre-K to 5
- Website: ames.cherokeek12.net
- School day: 7:35 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Who to call
- Arnold Mill Elementary front office: 770-721-6470
- Which school serves my address: the district, 770-479-1871, or its boundary maps
- Enroll a student: the district’s online registration; help at enrollment.support@cherokee.incidentiq.com
- Buses: the district’s River Ridge zone transportation line, 770-721-5576, listed on its transportation contacts page, and the bus stop look-up
Principal
Principal Abbey Philpot, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 800 students at Arnold Mill Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data, covering the 2024-25 school year, against 781 a year earlier. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 773 students and 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.8 students per teacher.
State report card
Arnold Mill Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 88.5, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for elementary schools was 78.6 and the Cherokee County School District’s was 85.3. The school scored 89.6 in 2023 and 86.3 in 2024. Scores can move a lot from one year to the next at a single school. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Arnold Mill Elementary report card.
CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.
Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests, 2025, share of tested students scoring Proficient and Distinguished, the two upper achievement levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 39.9% | 19.8% |
| Math | 38.6% | 33.4% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 37.1% | 17.7% |
In the same data, 59.7% of third graders and 71.7% of fifth graders read at or above the state’s grade-level target.
Attendance zone
Zones are set by the district and do not follow city limits or ZIP codes. Open the district’s Arnold Mill Elementary zone map (PDF) from its boundary maps page, or call 770-479-1871 to confirm the school for an address, as the district’s enrollment page advises.
The district’s geographic assignment chart (PDF) sends Arnold Mill Elementary students to Mill Creek Middle and then River Ridge High.
Our neighborhood guides with homes in this zone: The Woodlands and Trickum Road.
We found no boundary change approved by the school board that affects Arnold Mill Elementary for 2026-27. The district says the superintendent recommends school boundaries and the board approves them each year, with focus-group hearings when new schools open or growth requires changes.
Calendar and bell times
The district’s start and end times page has Arnold Mill Elementary starting at 7:35 a.m. and dismissing at 2:15 p.m. for 2026-27 (all district elementary schools keep the same hours).
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar:
- Monday, Oct. 12: student holiday, teacher planning
- Oct. 13-16: elementary conference days, early release for pre-K to fifth grade at 11:30 a.m.
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: Election Day, remote learning day for students
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break, schools and district closed
- Friday, Dec. 18: last day of the first semester
- Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: holiday break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a student holiday and classes resume Tuesday, Jan. 5
- Jan. 28-29: conference days, early release for all grades
- Feb. 15-19 and April 5-9: weeklong breaks
- Tuesday, May 25, 2027: last day of school
More
- The school’s website
- The state’s report card for Arnold Mill Elementary
- The district’s boundary maps
- Every public school in Woodstock, with zones and scores: our Woodstock public schools guide
- District calendar, registration and the school board: our Woodstock schools guide
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Arnold Mill Elementary serve?
Pre-K through fifth grade. The state counted 800 students in the 2024-25 school year.
What is Arnold Mill Elementary’s CCRPI score?
88.5 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6 and a Cherokee County School District average of 85.3.
Which middle and high school does Arnold Mill Elementary feed into?
Mill Creek Middle and then River Ridge High, according to the Cherokee County School District’s geographic assignment chart.
What time does Arnold Mill Elementary start?
The district’s 2026-27 schedule has Arnold Mill Elementary starting at 7:35 a.m. and dismissing at 2:15 p.m.
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