Northside Elementary School

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in Dallas, Georgia, Northside Elementary School caters to 626 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Paulding County.

Northside Elementary School is one of 34 schools operated by Paulding County, a district that enrolls 31,426 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Northside Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% Black, 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at school resources, Northside Elementary School shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northside Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.1%; this one delivers 36.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Paulding County put median household earnings sit near $98,031, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Paulding County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students), Northside Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Herschel Jones Middle School, around 1.9 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Northside Elementary School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.7%.

Northside Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northside Elementary School has climbed 28%, going from 490 students in 2018 to 626 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 61% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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