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Best kept secret at Dallas Elementary School?
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Enrollment
513
Elementary
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402001470
Dallas Elementary School
520 Hardee St, Dallas, GA 30132 · (770) 443-8018 · Paulding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL513 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
409 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
63%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
28.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.5pp since 2021
Math
35.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +13.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.8% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 24.2% |
| 2022-23 | 25.5% | 21.8% |
| 2021-22 | 22.4% | 21.9% |
% 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
27.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Dallas Elementary School
Dallas Elementary School's state test result (27.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Elementary School this school | 513 | 79.7% | 27.1% |
| Georgetown School Savannah | 544 | 77.2% | 42.1% |
| Hampton Elementary School Hampton | 466 | 77.3% | 25.5% |
| Mount Carmel Elementary School Hampton | 547 | 76.6% | 33.8% |
| Moreland Road Elementary Griffin | 490 | 86.5% | 25.5% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School Stockbridge | 522 | 73.9% | 29.4% |
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 Dallas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #880 of 1,208 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #726 of 1,215 ▲ 234 | #16 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #756 of 1,215 ▲ 94 | #16 of 19 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.9pp | #142 of 1,183 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 513 | #827 of 1,324 | #15 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #292 of 1,301 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #385 of 1,301 | #13 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.7% | #720 of 1,312 | #1 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.4% | #100 of 386 | #4 of 10 |
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
513
+80 (+18%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 803
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 513 | 42.4 | 12.1:1 | 80% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 40.4 | 12.3:1 | 82% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 41.4 | 12.1:1 | 74% (372) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 35 | 12.4:1 | 70% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 426 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 78% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 420 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 80% (338) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 75% (345) |
| 2000-01 | 707 | 42 | 16.8:1 | 47% (329) |
| 1990-91 | 803 | 44 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dallas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (426 to 513); teachers up 37% (31 to 42.4).
About Dallas Elementary School
In Dallas, Georgia, Dallas Elementary School is a small elementary school. It serves 513 students in pre-K through 5.
Dallas Elementary School reports to Paulding County, which has 34 schools and 31,426 students.
Black students are the majority at Dallas Elementary School, with 55% of enrollment. The school is also 21% White, 12% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 23%. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 42.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.1:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 80%. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Paulding County is 29 points.
Dallas Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 26% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Dallas Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 27.1% actual against 36.1% predicted.
In Paulding County (population about 178,909), the median household income is $98,031, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. There are 34 public schools in Paulding County, enrolling about 31,426 students in all.
Herschel Jones Middle School is located about 1.1 miles from Dallas Elementary School. The five-mile area around Dallas Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 35.2%, higher than Dallas Elementary School's 27.1%.
Locale data from NCES put Dallas Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment grew 18% from its 2020-21 level of 433.
The Dallas Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Herschel Jones Middle School1.1 mi · 728
- Paulding County High School1.6 mi · 2,099
- Northside Elementary School2.9 mi · 626
- Allgood Elementary School3.1 mi · 811
- Lena Mae Moses Middle School3.4 mi · 921
- P. B. Ritch Middle School3.6 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Dallas Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dallas Elementary School?
Dallas Elementary School enrolls approximately 513 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Dallas Elementary School serve?
Dallas Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dallas Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dallas Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dallas Elementary School?
Student demographics at Dallas Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 12% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Dallas Elementary School in?
Dallas Elementary School is part of Paulding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.