East Paulding Middle School

Set in Dallas, Georgia, East Paulding Middle School is a close-knit intermediate school, part of Paulding County. It works with 630 students across grades 6 through 8.

East Paulding Middle School is one of 34 schools operated by Paulding County, a district that serves 31,426 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, East Paulding Middle School logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 23% Black, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Paulding Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Paulding County indicate 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. East Paulding Middle School is one of 34 public schools in Paulding County (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students).

The closest other public school is East Paulding High School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Paulding Middle School. On composite proficiency, East Paulding Middle School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.5%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 31%: 919 students in 2018 compared to 630 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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