Northside Elementary

Set in Cedartown, Georgia, Northside Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Polk County. It instructs 531 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Polk County runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 7,745 students. Northside Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Northside Elementary logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 31% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Northside Elementary has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Polk County's rate of about 77%.

With demographic context factored in, Northside Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Polk County) records that median household earnings sit near $58,515, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Polk County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,745 students), Northside Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Harpst Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Northside Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northside Elementary has ticked up 7%, going from 497 students in 2018 to 531 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 48% to 53% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.