Sam D. Panter Elementary School

Located at 190 Panter School Rd, in Hiram, Georgia, Sam D. Panter Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community that serves 506 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Paulding County.

Within Paulding County, which oversees 34 schools and 31,426 students, Sam D. Panter Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sam D. Panter Elementary School shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Paulding County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Sam D. Panter Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Paulding County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Sam D. Panter Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.9%; this one delivers 42.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Paulding County) records that median household earnings sit near $98,031, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Paulding County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students), Sam D. Panter Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hiram High School, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sam D. Panter Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

Sam D. Panter Elementary School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 529 students in 2018 compared to 506 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 51% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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