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Alumni: what's one memory from Eastside Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY·NCES 130186002160
Eastside Elementary School
8266 Connally Dr, Douglasville, GA 30134 · (770) 651-3800 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
396 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
30.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.6pp since 2021
Math
26.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.1% | 26.4% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 16.4% |
| 2022-23 | 24.1% | 20.8% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 22.3% |
% 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 (24.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside Elementary School this school | 433 | 91.5% | 24.8% |
| Jefferson Parkway Elementary School Newnan | 450 | 86.7% | 22.3% |
| Sweetwater Elementary School Lithia Springs | 473 | 87.9% | 26.3% |
| International Studies Elementary Charter School Albany | 470 | 96.4% | 34.5% |
| Mount Carmel Elementary School Douglasville | 425 | 83.8% | 30.9% |
| Orrs Elementary School Griffin | 467 | 93.6% | 23.6% |
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 Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #939 of 1,208 | #20 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #930 of 1,215 ▲ 178 | #20 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #713 of 1,215 ▲ 284 | #15 of 21 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.4pp | #356 of 1,183 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #1,018 of 1,324 | #15 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,205 of 1,301 | #18 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #582 of 1,301 | #12 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.5% | #565 of 1,312 | #2 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #372 of 854 | #7 of 17 |
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
433
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-32% since 2000-01, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 433 | 27.5 | 15.8:1 | 91% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 92% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 32.5 | 14.0:1 | 82% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 32 | 13.7:1 | 81% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 89% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 495 | 30 | 16.5:1 | 89% (441) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 44 | 12.1:1 | 83% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 639 | 42 | 15.2:1 | 65% (413) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (509 to 433); teachers down 21% (35 to 27.5).
About Eastside Elementary School
Eastside Elementary School is a public small elementary school in Douglasville, Georgia. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 433 students. That is 28% below the average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Douglas County is the local district for Eastside Elementary School. It runs 35 schools with 25,521 students.
The largest group at Eastside Elementary School is Black students, at 59%. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% White. By comparison, Douglas County residents are about 50% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Eastside Elementary School scores 57%.
Eastside Elementary School reports a ratio of 15.8 students per teacher, from 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 2.4 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Eastside Elementary School, 91% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 20 points above the 71% average for public schools in Douglas County.
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 24.8%; the prediction is 30.1%.
Douglas County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $82,984, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Douglas County's 37 public schools enroll about 26,121 students and include Eastside Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Burnett Elementary School is about 0.1 miles from Eastside Elementary School. The five-mile area around Eastside Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 24.8% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Eastside Elementary School had 438 students in 2020-21 and 433 in 2024-25, nearly the same. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.8:1) than in 2020-21 (13.7:1).
This page is set up for the Eastside Elementary School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
147,888
Census ACS
Median income
$82,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
26,121 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Lithia Springs Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other schools in Douglasville
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other Eastside Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Eastside Elementary. Eastside Elementary School is the 18th largest of the 25.
- Eastside Elementary SchoolRockmart, GA · 764 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolCairo, GA · 735 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolSenoia, GA · 602 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolDalton, GA · 579 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolDouglas, GA · 575 students
Nearby schools
- Burnett Elementary School0.1 mi · 380
- Stewart Middle School1.1 mi · 533
- Brighten Academy1.2 mi · 812
- Douglas County High School1.2 mi · 1,958
- Beulah Elementary School1.9 mi · 428
- Chestnut Log Middle School2.3 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About Eastside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Eastside Elementary School?
Eastside Elementary School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades PK-05.
Is Eastside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Eastside Elementary School have?
Eastside Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Eastside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Eastside Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 27% Hispanic, 59% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Eastside Elementary School?
Eastside Elementary School is overseen by Douglas County in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.