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Enrollment
874
Elementary
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402002228
Nebo Elementary School
2843 Nebo Rd, Dallas, GA 30157 · (770) 443-8777 · Paulding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL874 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
525 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 154 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · US 70%
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
31.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
Math
40.0%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 38.9% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 40.6% |
| 2021-22 | 29.9% | 40.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Nebo Elementary School
Nebo Elementary School's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebo Elementary School this school | 874 | 60.1% | 34.7% |
| Springfield Elementary School Springfield | 876 | 64.5% | 58.0% |
| Atha Road Elementary School Monroe | 771 | 59.5% | 44.1% |
| Guyton Elementary School Guyton | 800 | 66.3% | 45.5% |
| Morgan County Primary School Madison | 854 | 56.0% | N/A |
| Rincon Elementary School Rincon | 1,033 | 57.1% | 57.7% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Nebo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #677 of 1,208 | #15 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #616 of 1,215 ▲ 16 | #14 of 19 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #668 of 1,215 ▼ 35 | #15 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #715 of 1,183 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 874 | #162 of 1,324 | #5 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #994 of 1,301 | #17 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #457 of 1,301 | #15 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #942 of 1,312 | #10 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.9% | #67 of 386 | #2 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
874
+275 (+46%) vs 2020
+13% since 2000-01, when it was 772
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 874 | 60 | 14.6:1 | 60% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 843 | 59.1 | 14.3:1 | 64% (539) |
| 2022-23 | 721 | 49.6 | 14.5:1 | 54% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 42 | 14.3:1 | 48% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 45 | 15.3:1 | 48% (328) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 48% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | 58 | 15.3:1 | 38% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 50 | 15.4:1 | 23% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nebo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (689 to 874); teachers up 33% (45 to 60).
About Nebo Elementary School
Nebo Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in Dallas, Georgia. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 874 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605, so this school runs 44% bigger than that.
Paulding County oversees Nebo Elementary School and 33 other schools, with 31,426 students in total.
Nebo Elementary School's enrollment is 57% White. The remaining shares are 23% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Nebo Elementary School has a diversity index of 61%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Nebo Elementary School's 60 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 60%. That is 9 points above the 51% average for public schools in Paulding County.
The allk12 Grade for Nebo Elementary School is C-. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Georgia, Nebo Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 34.7% actual against a predicted 46.3%.
Nebo Elementary School is located in Paulding County, where median household income is about $98,031, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 34 public schools in Paulding County, with a combined enrollment of about 31,426.
The closest public school to Nebo Elementary School is South Paulding Middle School, about 2.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 34.7% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put Nebo Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal records list enrollment at Nebo Elementary School as 599 in 2020-21 and 874 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students.
Community posts for Nebo Elementary School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Paulding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,909
Census ACS
Median income
$98,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
31,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paulding County
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Hiram High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
Other schools in Dallas
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
- WC Abney ElementaryElementary · 1,324 students
- Burnt Hickory Elementary SchoolElementary · 996 students
Other Nebo Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Nebo Elementary. Nebo Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Nebo Elementary SchoolNebo, NC · 354 students
- Nebo Elementary SchoolJena, LA · 135 students
Nearby schools
- South Paulding Middle School2.2 mi · 507
- Irma C. Austin Middle School2.3 mi · 782
- Allgood Elementary School2.6 mi · 811
- South Paulding High School3.6 mi · 1,881
- Connie Dugan Elementary School3.6 mi · 647
- New Georgia Elementary School3.7 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Nebo Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nebo Elementary School?
Nebo Elementary School enrolls approximately 874 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nebo Elementary School serve?
Nebo Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Nebo Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Nebo Elementary School.
How diverse is Nebo Elementary School?
Nebo Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 13% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Nebo Elementary School?
Nebo Elementary School is overseen by Paulding County in Paulding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.