Beaverdale Elementary School

Beaverdale Elementary School operates as a tight-knit K-5 school in Dalton, Georgia, one of the schools within Whitfield County. Current enrollment sits at 488 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Whitfield County runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 11,942 students. Beaverdale Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Beaverdale Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, Beaverdale Elementary School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.8:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Whitfield County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Beaverdale Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Whitfield County) shows that median household earnings sit near $67,070, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Beaverdale Elementary School is one of 33 public schools in Whitfield County (combined enrollment of about 19,570 students).

Nearest neighbor: Coahulla Creek High School, around 3.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Beaverdale Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Beaverdale Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Beaverdale Elementary School's enrollment has grew 29% since 2018, when it stood at 378 (now 488). The White share of enrollment contracted from 83% to 72% over that span.

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