Enrollment
381
Elementary
DISTRICT 481 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGHERTY COUNTY·NCES 130183000848
Northside Elementary School
901 14th Ave, Albany, GA 31701 · (229) 431-3390 · Dougherty County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL381 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
381 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
13.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.7pp since 2021
Math
15.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.2% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 15.3% | 12.7% |
| 2022-23 | 12.0% | 8.4% |
| 2021-22 | 4.5% | 5.3% |
% 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
13.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Northside Elementary School
Northside Elementary School's state test result (13.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside Elementary School this school | 381 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
| Davis Elementary School Columbus | 387 | 100.0% | 10.2% |
| Lamar - Milledge Elementary School Augusta | 366 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| Monte Sano Elementary School Augusta | 410 | 100.0% | 15.9% |
| Columbia Elementary School Decatur | 364 | 100.0% | 16.2% |
| Tobacco Road Elementary School Augusta | 411 | 100.0% | 15.5% |
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 Northside Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Dougherty County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #1,171 of 1,208 | #14 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,137 of 1,215 ▲ 27 | #13 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #1,165 of 1,215 ▼ 36 | #13 of 14 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 381 | #1,131 of 1,324 | #11 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,281 of 1,301 | #13 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.5% | #1,116 of 1,301 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #201 of 1,312 | #6 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.1% | #636 of 854 | #10 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
381
+25 (+7%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 381 | 22 | 17.3:1 | 100% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 26.3 | 13.2:1 | 100% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 337 | 26.5 | 12.7:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 100% (356) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 67% (276) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 99% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 93% (402) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 82% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 27 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (410 to 381); teachers down 19% (27 to 22).
About Northside Elementary School
Northside Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in Albany, Georgia. It serves 381 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students.
Dougherty County has 13,241 students spread across 22 schools.
The large majority of students at Northside Elementary School, 85%, are Black. Next come 6% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 71% Black. Northside Elementary School has a diversity index of 27%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Northside Elementary School is 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 17.3:1. That ratio is over the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 100%. That is close to the 98% average for public schools in Dougherty County.
In Georgia, Northside Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 13.1% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
Among Dougherty County residents, median household income is about $49,044, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 22 public schools in Dougherty County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,241.
Sherwood Acres Elementary School is located about 1.5 miles from Northside Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 31.9%, higher than Northside Elementary School's 13.1%.
In the federal locale system, Northside Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Northside Elementary School went from 356 students to 381. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 15.5:1 to 17.3:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Northside Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dougherty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
83,091
Census ACS
Median income
$49,044
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
13,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Dougherty County
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other schools in Albany
- Westover High SchoolHigh · 1,234 students
- Dougherty Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,191 students
- Monroe High SchoolHigh · 1,189 students
- Live Oak Elementary SchoolElementary · 833 students
- Merry Acres Middle SchoolMiddle · 807 students
- Albany Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
Other Northside Elementary schools
42 other US public schools in 19 states are named Northside Elementary. Northside Elementary School is the 25th largest of the 43.
- Northside Elementary SchoolDallas, GA · 626 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolWarner Robins, GA · 564 students
- Northside ElementaryCedartown, GA · 531 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolTifton, GA · 405 students
- Northside Elementary SchoolCairo, GA · 375 students
Nearby schools
- Sherwood Acres Elementary School1.5 mi · 630
- Merry Acres Middle School1.5 mi · 807
- Lincoln Elementary Magnet School1.6 mi · 404
- Lake Park Elementary School2.1 mi · 494
- Westover High School2.8 mi · 1,234
- Monroe High School3.3 mi · 1,189
Frequently asked questions
About Northside Elementary SchoolHow large is Northside Elementary School?
Northside Elementary School enrolls approximately 381 students in grades PK-05.
Is Northside Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Northside Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Northside Elementary School have?
Northside Elementary School employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Northside Elementary School?
Student demographics at Northside Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 3% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Northside Elementary School public or private?
Northside Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Dougherty County.
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