Hickory Flat Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Canton, Georgia, Hickory Flat Elementary School enrolls 890 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Cherokee County. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Cherokee County runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 42,031 students. Hickory Flat Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hickory Flat Elementary School records that 63% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 12% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Cherokee County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 17% of students at Hickory Flat Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Cherokee County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hickory Flat Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.8%; this one delivers 66.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Cherokee County) records that median household earnings sit near $108,115, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Cherokee County's 38 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,642 students), Hickory Flat Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Dean Rusk Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hickory Flat Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Hickory Flat Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hickory Flat Elementary School has rose 67%, going from 533 students in 2018 to 890 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 63%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.