East Paulding High School

Located at 3320 E Paulding Dr, in Dallas, Georgia, East Paulding High School is a sprawling high school that instructs 1,985 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Paulding County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so East Paulding High School sits 77% larger than that benchmark.

Paulding County comprises 34 schools with combined enrollment of 31,426 students; East Paulding High School is among them.

Demographically, East Paulding High School shows that 41% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 35% Black, 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, East Paulding High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.3%; actual is 34.9%, a gap of -17.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Paulding County shows median household earnings sit near $98,031, 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 East Paulding High School is one.

East Paulding Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), East Paulding High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 52.6%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 18%: 1,685 students in 2018 compared to 1,985 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 62% to 41%.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.