Cartersville Elementary School

Set in Cartersville, Georgia, Cartersville Elementary School is an average-sized K-5 school, run under Cartersville City. It instructs 629 students across grades 4 through 5.

Cartersville City runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 4,686 students. Cartersville Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cartersville Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 19% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Cartersville Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Cartersville Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.6%; this one delivers 44.4%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bartow County put the typical household earns roughly $82,243 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Cartersville Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Bartow County (combined enrollment of about 18,705 students).

The closest other public school is Cartersville Middle School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Cartersville Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Cartersville Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Cartersville Elementary School's enrollment has fell 34% since 2018, when it stood at 952 (now 629). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.