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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570001832
Eastside Elementary School
102 Hill Rd, Dalton, GA 30721 · (706) 278-3074 · Whitfield County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
579 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
22.5%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.3pp since 2021
Math
30.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.5% | 30.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 37.1% |
| 2022-23 | 22.9% | 34.2% |
| 2021-22 | 25.8% | 28.4% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Eastside Elementary School
Eastside Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside Elementary School this school | 579 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
| Mimosa Elementary School Roswell | 588 | 100.0% | 24.1% |
| Green Acres Elementary School Smyrna | 584 | 94.5% | 19.0% |
| Lake Forest Elementary Atlanta | 534 | 100.0% | 29.5% |
| Myers Elementary School Gainesville | 524 | 91.4% | 29.3% |
| Fair Oaks Elementary School Marietta | 703 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Eastside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #834 of 1,208 | #17 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #849 of 1,215 ▼ 177 | #16 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #944 of 1,215 ▲ 28 | #18 of 19 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #392 of 1,183 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #659 of 1,324 | #6 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #229 of 1,301 | #7 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.1% | #1,086 of 1,301 | #16 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #438 of 1,312 | #4 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.7% | #788 of 854 | #14 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
579
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 605
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 579 | 49.3 | 11.7:1 | 100% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 48.3 | 12.2:1 | 95% (556) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 48.9 | 11.2:1 | 86% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 46 | 12.5:1 | 78% (449) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 53.5 | 11.1:1 | 99% (590) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 99% (587) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 97% (499) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 48 | 14.3:1 | 63% (433) |
| 1990-91 | 605 | 33 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (595 to 579); teachers down 8% (53.5 to 49.3).
About Eastside Elementary School
Eastside Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Whitfield County, located in Dalton, Georgia. The school counted 579 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
The Whitfield County system has 22 schools and 11,942 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Eastside Elementary School is 83%. Other groups make up 15% White. Whitfield County as a whole is about 37% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.
The school lists 49.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 579 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Whitfield County is 83%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Eastside Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.8%; the prediction is 25.7%.
Looking at the county, Whitfield County, the median household earns about $67,070 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Eastside Elementary School, Whitfield County has 33 public schools.
Eastbrook Middle School sits about 0.9 miles from Eastside Elementary School. Eastside Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 22.3%, lower than Eastside Elementary School's 28.8%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Small, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 574 to 579, a small change.
On allk12, people connected to Eastside Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitfield County
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
Other schools in Dalton
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,453 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
Other Eastside Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Eastside Elementary. Eastside Elementary School is the 10th largest of the 25.
- Eastside Elementary SchoolRockmart, GA · 764 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolCairo, GA · 735 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolSenoia, GA · 602 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolDouglas, GA · 575 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolDouglasville, GA · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Eastbrook Middle School0.9 mi · 624
- Antioch Elementary School1.3 mi · 446
- Roan Elementary School1.7 mi · 421
- Phoenix High School1.7 mi · 141
- Southeast Whitfield County High School1.8 mi · 1,453
- Blue Ridge Elementary School1.8 mi · 632
Frequently asked questions
About Eastside Elementary SchoolHow large is Eastside Elementary School?
Eastside Elementary School enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Eastside Elementary School serve?
Eastside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Eastside Elementary School have?
Eastside Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Eastside Elementary School?
At Eastside Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 83% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Eastside Elementary School public or private?
Eastside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Whitfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.