Park Creek Elementary School

Park Creek Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary-level community in Dalton, Georgia, operated by Dalton Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 604 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Park Creek Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Dalton Public Schools, a district that hosts 7,619 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Park Creek Elementary School reports that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 7% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 37% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Park Creek Elementary School qualify 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), Park Creek Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.6%, the actual is 37.2%, a residual of +0.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Whitfield County) shows that median household income runs about $67,070, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Whitfield County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,570 students), of which Park Creek Elementary School is one.

Dalton Jr. High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Park Creek Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 30.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 9%: 662 students in 2018 compared to 604 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.