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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at C. A. Roberts Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
668
Elementary
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402002274
C. A. Roberts Elementary School
1833 Mount Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, GA 30157 · (770) 443-8060 · Paulding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
364 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
35.1%
GA avg 40.1% . -13.8pp since 2021
Math
50.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 14 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 7 points.
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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
668
-57 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.8:1
% White
55%
was 62%
% Hispanic
15%
was 15%
% Black
21%
was 17%
% Asian
2%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About C. A. Roberts Elementary School
C. A. Roberts Elementary School is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in Dallas, Georgia, overseen by Paulding County, serveing 668 students in grades pre-K through 5.
C. A. Roberts Elementary School is one of 34 schools operated by Paulding County, a district that works with 31,426 students overall.
Looking at the student body, C. A. Roberts Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, C. A. Roberts Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.2%, the actual is 43.8%, a residual of -5.4 points.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Paulding County put the typical household earns roughly $98,031 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Paulding County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students), C. A. Roberts Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: East Paulding High School, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, C. A. Roberts Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 725 students in 2018 compared to 668 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 62% to 55%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the C. A. Roberts Elementary School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Nearby schools
- East Paulding High School1.4 mi · 1,985
- East Paulding Middle School1.4 mi · 630
- P. B. Ritch Middle School1.9 mi · 690
- McGarity Elementary School2.5 mi · 572
- Lena Mae Moses Middle School2.8 mi · 921
- WC Abney Elementary2.9 mi · 1,324
Frequently asked questions
About C. A. Roberts Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at C. A. Roberts Elementary School?
C. A. Roberts Elementary School enrolls approximately 668 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does C. A. Roberts Elementary School serve?
C. A. Roberts Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at C. A. Roberts Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at C. A. Roberts Elementary School is approximately 13.4:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at C. A. Roberts Elementary School?
At C. A. Roberts Elementary School, the student body is approximately 55% White, 15% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is C. A. Roberts Elementary School public or private?
C. A. Roberts 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.