Pepperell Elementary

Pepperell Elementary is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary campuss in Lindale, Georgia, overseen by Floyd County, with 534 students on its rolls from grades 2 through 4.

Across the 15 schools in Floyd County (8,949 students total), Pepperell Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Pepperell Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 11% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Pepperell Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Pepperell Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 39.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Floyd County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,565 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Floyd County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students), of which Pepperell Elementary is one.

Pepperell Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 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), Pepperell Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 33.9%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 644 students in 2018 compared to 534 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.