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What advice would you give to incoming students at Allgood Elementary School?
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Enrollment
811
Elementary
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402002275
Allgood Elementary School
312 Hart Rd, Dallas, GA 30157 · (770) 443-8070 · Paulding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
63 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
586 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 147 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 132 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (119) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
24.8%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.0pp since 2021
Math
28.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.8% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 25.6% |
| 2022-23 | 25.2% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.8% | 26.6% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Allgood Elementary School
Allgood Elementary School's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allgood Elementary School this school | 811 | 72.3% | 26.9% |
| Dewar Elementary Valdosta | 821 | 75.8% | 51.0% |
| Grovetown Elementary School Grovetown | 908 | 66.9% | 44.4% |
| Unity Grove Elementary School Locust Grove | 882 | 68.3% | 32.3% |
| Smiley Elementary School Ludowici | 765 | 77.3% | 36.8% |
| David A. Perdue Primary Warner Robins | 716 | 73.9% | N/A |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Allgood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #887 of 1,208 | #19 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #892 of 1,215 ▲ 41 | #18 of 19 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #880 of 1,215 ▼ 93 | #19 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #391 of 1,183 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 811 | #215 of 1,324 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #486 of 1,301 | #9 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.2% | #113 of 1,301 | #2 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.3% | #808 of 1,312 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #485 of 854 | #4 of 9 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
811
-11 (-1%) vs 2020
+14% since 2000-01, when it was 710
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 811 | 63 | 12.9:1 | 72% (586) |
| 2023-24 | 836 | 61 | 13.7:1 | 76% (635) |
| 2022-23 | 812 | 60.7 | 13.4:1 | 63% (510) |
| 2020-21 | 822 | 65 | 12.7:1 | 58% (480) |
| 2017-18 | 914 | 59 | 15.5:1 | 59% (543) |
| 2015-16 | 872 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 62% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 966 | 61 | 15.8:1 | 57% (546) |
| 2000-01 | 710 | 39 | 18.2:1 | 24% (173) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Allgood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (914 to 811); teachers up 7% (59 to 63).
About Allgood Elementary School
Allgood Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in Dallas, Georgia. The school counts 811 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students.
Paulding County runs Allgood Elementary School along with 33 other schools, enrolling 31,426 students in total.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Allgood Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 39%. The remaining students are 32% White, 19% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Census figures show Paulding County is about 23% Black. Allgood Elementary School's diversity index is 70%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 63 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.9:1. That matches the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 72% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 51% average among public schools in Paulding County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Allgood Elementary School would score about 40.0%. It scores 26.9%, 13.1 points below that figure.
Within Paulding County, the median household income is $98,031, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. In all, Paulding County has 34 public schools and roughly 31,426 students.
The shortest distance from Allgood Elementary School to another public school is about 1.6 miles, to Paulding County High School. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Allgood Elementary School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
Allgood Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 822 in 2020-21, 811 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Paulding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,909
Census ACS
Median income
$98,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
31,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paulding County
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Hiram High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
Other schools in Dallas
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
- WC Abney ElementaryElementary · 1,324 students
- Burnt Hickory Elementary SchoolElementary · 996 students
Other Allgood Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Allgood Elementary. Allgood Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Allgood Elementary SchoolStone Mountain, GA · 614 students
Nearby schools
- Paulding County High School1.6 mi · 2,099
- Nebo Elementary School2.6 mi · 874
- Dallas Elementary School3.1 mi · 513
- Herschel Jones Middle School3.7 mi · 728
- South Paulding Middle School4.0 mi · 507
- Hiram High School4.5 mi · 1,460
Frequently asked questions
About Allgood Elementary SchoolHow large is Allgood Elementary School?
Allgood Elementary School enrolls approximately 811 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Allgood Elementary School serve?
Allgood Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Allgood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Allgood Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (63 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Allgood Elementary School?
At Allgood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 19% Hispanic, 39% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Allgood Elementary School public or private?
Allgood Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Paulding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.