Mission Road Elementary School

Set in Cartersville, Georgia, Mission Road Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary-level community, part of Bartow County. It instructs 598 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Mission Road Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Bartow County, a district that works with 14,019 students overall.

On demographics, Mission Road Elementary School records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 25% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mission Road Elementary School shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bartow County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Mission Road Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.3%, the actual is 46.5%, a residual of +5.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bartow County put median household earnings sit near $82,243, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Bartow County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,705 students), of which Mission Road Elementary School is one.

Euharlee Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Mission Road Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mission Road Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Mission Road Elementary School's enrollment has grew 31% since 2018, when it stood at 456 (now 598). The White share of enrollment contracted from 73% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.