Dallas Elementary School

Set in Dallas, Georgia, Dallas Elementary School is a compact elementary-level community, overseen by Paulding County. It hosts 513 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Paulding County, which oversees 34 schools and 31,426 students, Dallas Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Dallas Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Dallas Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 80% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Paulding County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Dallas Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.1%, the actual is 27.1%, a residual of -9.0 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 roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Paulding County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students), of which Dallas Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Herschel Jones Middle School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dallas Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dallas Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 20%: 426 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 39% to 21%. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

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