Eastside Elementary School

As an average-sized primary school in Cairo, Georgia, Eastside Elementary School enrolls 735 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Grady County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 21% bigger than typical.

Grady County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,790 students; Eastside Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Eastside Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Black, 19% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Grady County as a whole is about 13% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Eastside Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Eastside Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Grady County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,980 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Eastside Elementary School is one of 7 public schools in Grady County (combined enrollment of about 4,790 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cairo High School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Eastside Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eastside Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 735 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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