Eastside Elementary School

As a medium-sized elementary school in Rockmart, Georgia, Eastside Elementary School teaches 764 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Polk County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

Within Polk County, which oversees 11 schools and 7,745 students, Eastside Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Eastside Elementary School records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Eastside Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eastside Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.6%, the actual is 33.9%, a residual of -4.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Polk County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,515 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Polk County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,745 students), of which Eastside Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Van Wert Elementary School, around 2.5 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eastside Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.2%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 760 students in 2018 compared to 764 in 2025.

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