Enrollment
32
Combined
DISTRICT 704 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLK COUNTY·NCES 130420003614
Harpst Academy
740 Fletcher St, Cedartown, GA 30125 · (770) 748-1500 · Polk County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL32 STUDENTS
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allk12 Grade
Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
6 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
29 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 3 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 6 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 12 | 38% |
| Grade 10 | 5 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 5 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 1 | 3% |
Student demographics
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
15.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +15.0pp since 2021
Math
0.0%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 0 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 15 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 0.0% |
| 2023-24 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2022-23 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
3.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 3% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 31% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Harpst Academy ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 32 | #23 of 29 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
32
-24 (-43%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 53
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 32 | 6 | 5.3:1 | 91% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 41 | 5 | 8.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 46 | 7 | 6.6:1 | 93% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 56 | 6 | 9.3:1 | 100% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 57 | 7.5 | 7.6:1 | 100% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 42 | 7 | 6.0:1 | 93% (39) |
| 2010-11 | 53 | 4 | 13.3:1 | 15% (8) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harpst Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (57 to 32); teachers down 20% (7.5 to 6).
About Harpst Academy
Students in Cedartown, Georgia, attend Harpst Academy, a small combined-grade school. A federal count lists 32 students at the school, in pre-K through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in Georgia) has about 738 students.
Polk County runs Harpst Academy along with 10 other schools, enrolling 7,745 students in total.
Harpst Academy's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 50%. After that, the student body is 34% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Polk County, the White share is about 73%.
Harpst Academy's 6 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 5.3:1. That ratio is under the 11.7:1 average for combined schools in Georgia. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 91%. The gap from the 77% average for public schools in Polk County is 14 points.
Harpst Academy trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 27.5 points (3.0% versus 30.5%), a bottom-10% result in Georgia on BeatsExpectations.
In Polk County (population about 43,785), median household income is about $58,515, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 11 public schools operate in Polk County, serving about 7,745 students.
The school nearest to Harpst Academy is Northside Elementary, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Within five miles of Harpst Academy, there are 6 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Harpst Academy ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Harpst Academy the locale Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school counted 56 students in 2020-21 and 32 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. By 2024-25, the school had 5.3 students per teacher, compared with 9.3 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Van Wert Elementary SchoolElementary · 693 students
- Rockmart Middle SchoolMiddle · 671 students
Other schools in Cedartown
- Cedartown High SchoolHigh · 1,448 students
- Cedartown Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Cherokee Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Northside ElementaryElementary · 531 students
- Youngs Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Northside Elementary0.7 mi · 531
- Westside Elementary School1.2 mi · 588
- Cedartown High School1.5 mi · 1,448
- Cherokee Elementary School2.2 mi · 575
- Cedartown Middle School2.2 mi · 997
- Youngs Grove Elementary School4.3 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Harpst AcademyHow many students attend Harpst Academy?
Harpst Academy enrolls approximately 32 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does Harpst Academy serve?
Harpst Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Harpst Academy?
Approximately 5.3:1 students per teacher at Harpst Academy.
How diverse is Harpst Academy?
Harpst Academy reports a student body of 50% White, 13% Hispanic, 34% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Harpst Academy in?
Harpst Academy is part of Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.