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What's one thing Eastside Elementary School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
764
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK COUNTY·NCES 130420001500
Eastside Elementary School
425 Prospect Rd, Rockmart, GA 30153 · (770) 684-5335 · Polk County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL764 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
573 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 69 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
27.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -6.9pp since 2021
Math
36.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 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 | 27.0% | 36.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.8% | 40.8% |
| 2022-23 | 31.1% | 37.6% |
| 2021-22 | 33.9% | 33.3% |
% 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 (33.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside Elementary School this school | 764 | 75.0% | 33.9% |
| Brooklet Elementary School Brooklet | 808 | 70.2% | 66.1% |
| Satilla Marsh Elementary School Brunswick | 752 | 66.9% | 58.1% |
| Hahira Elementary School Hahira | 782 | 66.4% | 69.9% |
| LAKE OCONEE CHARTER Greensboro | 873 | 80.5% | 57.0% |
| Katherine B. Sutton Elementary School Forsyth | 730 | 70.4% | 43.7% |
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 Polk County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.9% | #698 of 1,208 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #690 of 1,215 ▼ 104 | #2 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #822 of 1,215 ▼ 30 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.7pp | #304 of 1,183 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 764 | #282 of 1,324 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #1,043 of 1,301 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.7% | #958 of 1,301 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.0% | #778 of 1,312 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.5% | #379 of 386 | N/A |
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
764
+39 (+5%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 764 | 51.7 | 14.8:1 | 75% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 51.4 | 15.0:1 | 75% (578) |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 52.4 | 14.6:1 | 78% (597) |
| 2020-21 | 725 | 48 | 15.1:1 | 86% (620) |
| 2017-18 | 760 | 49.7 | 15.3:1 | 85% (649) |
| 2015-16 | 750 | 46 | 16.3:1 | 83% (623) |
| 2010-11 | 787 | 51 | 15.4:1 | 53% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 46% (275) |
| 1990-91 | 686 | 40 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (760 to 764); teachers up 4% (49.7 to 51.7).
About Eastside Elementary School
Federal records list Eastside Elementary School as an elementary school in Rockmart, Georgia. It serves 764 students in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 26% above that.
Polk County is made up of 11 schools with 7,745 students in all.
At 76%, White students outnumber all other groups at Eastside Elementary School combined. The school is also 9% Black, 8% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. That is close to the 73% White share among all Polk County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Eastside Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
With 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Eastside Elementary School was 14.8:1. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 75%. Across public schools in Polk County, the average is about the same, 77%.
Eastside Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.9%, compared with a predicted 38.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Polk County residents, median household income is about $58,515, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. Eastside Elementary School is one of 11 public schools in Polk County, which together enroll about 7,745 students.
The nearest public school is Van Wert Elementary School, at about 2.5 miles. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Eastside Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Eastside Elementary School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 725 to 764.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,785
Census ACS
Median income
$58,515
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
7,745 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Polk County
- Cedartown High SchoolHigh · 1,448 students
- Cedartown Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
- Rockmart High SchoolHigh · 956 students
- Van Wert Elementary SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Rockmart Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
Other schools in Rockmart
- Rockmart High SchoolHigh · 956 students
- Van Wert Elementary SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Rockmart Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
- Sara M. Ragsdale ElementaryElementary · 637 students
Other Eastside Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Eastside Elementary. Eastside Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 25.
- Eastside Elementary SchoolCairo, GA · 735 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolSenoia, GA · 602 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolDalton, GA · 579 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolDouglas, GA · 575 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolDouglasville, GA · 433 students
Nearby schools
- Van Wert Elementary School2.5 mi · 693
- Rockmart High School2.7 mi · 956
- Rockmart Middle School3.0 mi · 671
- Sara M. Ragsdale Elementary7.6 mi · 637
- Cedartown Middle School8.8 mi · 997
- Cedartown High School8.8 mi · 1,448
Frequently asked questions
About Eastside Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Eastside Elementary School?
Eastside Elementary School enrolls approximately 764 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Eastside Elementary School serve?
Eastside Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Eastside Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Eastside Elementary School.
How diverse is Eastside Elementary School?
Eastside Elementary School reports a student body of 76% White, 7% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Eastside Elementary School in?
Eastside Elementary School is part of Polk County.
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