Northside Elementary School

Northside Elementary School operates as a compact primary school in Cairo, Georgia, operated by Grady County. Current enrollment sits at 375 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Northside Elementary School sits 38% leaner than that benchmark.

Grady County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,790 students; Northside Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Northside Elementary School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school lists 26% Black, 8% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 13%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Northside Elementary School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 84% of students at Northside Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Grady County runs at roughly 93%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Northside Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

Around the school, census data for Grady County shows median household income runs about $58,980, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Grady County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,790 students), Northside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Southside Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Northside Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northside Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 6-year window. Northside Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 375). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 31% to 26%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2024.

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