Northside Elementary School

Northside Elementary School is one of the intimate primary schools in Newnan, Georgia, operated by Coweta County, with 366 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 40% below typical.

Coweta County comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 23,064 students; Northside Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Northside Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% Black, 13% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

On the income-and-resources front, Northside Elementary School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Northside Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 55.6%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Coweta County shows the typical household earns roughly $95,548 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Northside Elementary School is one of 31 public schools in Coweta County (combined enrollment of about 23,423 students).

The closest other public school is Jefferson Parkway Elementary School, roughly 2.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northside Elementary School at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

Northside Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 389 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 69% to 60% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.