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If you could change one rule at Roland W. Russom Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
982
Elementary
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402002959
Roland W. Russom Elementary
44 Russom Elementary School Ln, Dallas, GA 30132 · (678) 575-3402 · Paulding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL982 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
335 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 124 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 159 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 150 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 179 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 196 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 37% smaller than its 5th grade class (196).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
47.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -2.3pp since 2021
Math
51.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.7% | 51.8% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.1% | 52.5% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 52.2% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Roland W. Russom Elementary
Roland W. Russom Elementary's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roland W. Russom Elementary this school | 982 | 34.1% | 49.0% |
| South Effingham Elementary School Guyton | 863 | 33.4% | 67.6% |
| Bullard Elementary School Kennesaw | 799 | 27.9% | 54.3% |
| King Springs Elementary School Smyrna | 1,101 | 26.1% | 63.3% |
| Still Elementary School Powder Springs | 755 | 32.2% | 52.9% |
| Evans Elementary School Evans | 730 | 39.0% | 64.1% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Roland W. Russom Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #364 of 1,208 | #3 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.8% | #366 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #4 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #303 of 1,215 ▲ 20 | #2 of 19 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.3pp | #335 of 1,183 | #8 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 982 | #93 of 1,324 | #4 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #664 of 1,301 | #15 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #263 of 1,301 | #9 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #1,156 of 1,312 | #17 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.4% | #207 of 386 | #7 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
982
+135 (+16%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 857
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 16.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 982 | 73 | 13.4:1 | 34% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 994 | 71.1 | 14.0:1 | 38% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 936 | 67.1 | 13.9:1 | 29% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 847 | 52 | 16.3:1 | 26% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 898 | 58 | 15.5:1 | 27% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 827 | 56 | 14.8:1 | 28% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 857 | 55 | 15.6:1 | 27% (231) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roland W. Russom Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (898 to 982); teachers up 26% (58 to 73).
About Roland W. Russom Elementary
Roland W. Russom Elementary is a public elementary school in Dallas, Georgia. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 982 students in 2024-25. The school is 62% above the average for elementary schools in Georgia.
Paulding County operates 34 schools. Combined enrollment is 31,426 students.
More than half of the students at Roland W. Russom Elementary are White (52%). The remaining shares are 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Paulding County's population at about 63%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Roland W. Russom Elementary scores 66%.
Teacher count: 73 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.4:1. That is in line with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 34%. Among public schools in Paulding County, the average eligibility rate is 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, Roland W. Russom Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 38% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 59.7%. Roland W. Russom Elementary scores 49.0%.
In Paulding County, home to about 178,909 people, the median household earns about $98,031 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Roland W. Russom Elementary shares Paulding County with 33 other public schools.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Pickett's Mill Elementary School, is the closest to Roland W. Russom Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Roland W. Russom Elementary ranks 7th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 16% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.4:1) than in 2020-21 (16.3:1).
The discussion board for Roland W. Russom Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Paulding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
178,909
Census ACS
Median income
$98,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
31,426 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Paulding County
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Hiram High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
Other schools in Dallas
- North Paulding High SchoolHigh · 3,015 students
- Paulding County High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- East Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at CrossroadElementary · 1,389 students
- WC Abney ElementaryElementary · 1,324 students
- Burnt Hickory Elementary SchoolElementary · 996 students
Nearby schools
- Pickett's Mill Elementary School0.8 mi · 753
- Allatoona High School1.1 mi · 1,560
- Crossroads Middle School1.2 mi · 908
- Floyd L. Shelton Elementary School at Crossroad1.6 mi · 1,389
- Frey Elementary School2.6 mi · 691
- Durham Middle School2.8 mi · 984
Frequently asked questions
About Roland W. Russom ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Roland W. Russom Elementary?
Roland W. Russom Elementary enrolls approximately 982 students in grades PK-05.
Is Roland W. Russom Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roland W. Russom Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Roland W. Russom Elementary?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Roland W. Russom Elementary.
How diverse is Roland W. Russom Elementary?
Roland W. Russom Elementary reports a student body of 52% White, 15% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Roland W. Russom Elementary in?
Roland W. Russom Elementary is part of Paulding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.