East Central Elementary School

Located at 1502 Dean Ave SE, in Rome, Georgia, East Central Elementary School is a cozy elementary-level community that hosts 439 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of Rome City. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so East Central Elementary School sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Rome City, which oversees 8 schools and 6,357 students, East Central Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, East Central Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 31% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, East Central Elementary School reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting East Central Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Floyd County's rate of about 75%.

After controlling for student poverty, East Central Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.6%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Floyd County put the typical household earns roughly $65,565 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Floyd County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students), East Central Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Anna K. Davie Elementary, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Central Elementary School. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Central Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 27.9%.

East Central Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 19%: 545 students in 2018 compared to 439 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 50% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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