Burnt Hickory Elementary School

Burnt Hickory Elementary School operates as a well-populated K-5 school in Dallas, Georgia, operated by Paulding County. Current enrollment sits at 996 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 65% bigger than the state mean of about 605.

Paulding County runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 31,426 students. Burnt Hickory Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Burnt Hickory Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Paulding County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Burnt Hickory Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.6%.

Across the wider county, Paulding County reports that median household income runs about $98,031, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Burnt Hickory Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Paulding County (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students).

Sammy McClure Sr. Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Burnt Hickory Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 4%: 959 students in 2018 compared to 996 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 83% to 70%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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