Pine Log Elementary

Pine Log Elementary is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in Rydal, Georgia, part of Bartow County, with 463 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Pine Log Elementary sits 23% below that benchmark.

Bartow County runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 14,019 students. Pine Log Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Pine Log Elementary records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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), Pine Log Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bartow County indicate median household income runs about $82,243, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pine Log Elementary is one of 23 public schools in Bartow County (combined enrollment of about 18,705 students).

Cass High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Pine Log Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pine Log Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 21%: 382 students in 2018 compared to 463 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 82% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.