Hamilton Crossing Elementary School

As a medium-sized K-5 school in Cartersville, Georgia, Hamilton Crossing Elementary School caters to 653 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Bartow County.

Hamilton Crossing Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Bartow County, a district that caters to 14,019 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Hamilton Crossing Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Hamilton Crossing Elementary School has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hamilton Crossing Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.7%; this one delivers 41.9%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bartow County put median household income runs about $82,243, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Hamilton Crossing Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Bartow County (combined enrollment of about 18,705 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cass Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Hamilton Crossing Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hamilton Crossing Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 12%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 653 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 63% to 52%.

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