Hillside Elementary School

Hillside Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary campus in Roswell, Georgia, run under Fulton County. The school hosts 497 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 107 schools in Fulton County (87,563 students total), Hillside Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Hillside Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 21% Black, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Fulton County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Fulton County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, Hillside Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.9%, the actual is 56.4%, a residual of -0.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $95,292 per year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Hillside Elementary School is one.

Centennial High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hillside Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hillside Elementary School has fell 5%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 497 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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