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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 718 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAULDING COUNTY·NCES 130402001781
Sam D. Panter Elementary School
190 Panter School Rd, Hiram, GA 30141 · (770) 443-4303 · Paulding County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Georgia public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
10.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
357 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
65%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
40.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.3pp since 2021
Math
49.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +14.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.9% | 49.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.6% | 51.2% |
| 2021-22 | 37.6% | 35.1% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Sam D. Panter Elementary School
Sam D. Panter Elementary School's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam D. Panter Elementary School this school | 506 | 70.6% | 42.1% |
| Sharp Creek Elementary School Carrollton | 547 | 68.4% | 31.8% |
| St. Simons Elementary School Saint Simons Island | 462 | 69.0% | 62.2% |
| Hilltop Elementary School Bonaire | 590 | 71.7% | 56.7% |
| Mamie Lou Gross Elementary School Woodbine | 454 | 68.9% | 62.4% |
| Kingston Elementary School Kingston | 473 | 72.9% | 30.1% |
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 Sam D. Panter Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Paulding County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #506 of 1,208 | #7 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #424 of 1,215 ▲ 156 | #6 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #448 of 1,215 ▲ 59 | #5 of 19 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.7pp | #190 of 1,183 | #2 of 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #843 of 1,324 | #16 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #94 of 1,301 | #1 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #312 of 1,301 | #11 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.6% | #826 of 1,312 | #5 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.3% | #733 of 854 | #7 of 9 |
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
506
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
-46% since 2000-01, when it was 934
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 506 | 47 | 10.8:1 | 71% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 42 | 12.6:1 | 71% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 41.4 | 12.3:1 | 63% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 55% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 57% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 50% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 48% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 934 | 50 | 18.7:1 | 21% (192) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam D. Panter Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (529 to 506); teachers up 27% (37 to 47).
About Sam D. Panter Elementary School
Federal records list Sam D. Panter Elementary School as an elementary school in Hiram, Georgia. A total of 506 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
Paulding County has 31,426 students spread across 34 schools.
White students account for 51% of enrollment at Sam D. Panter Elementary School. Other groups include 25% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. The county population is about 63% White. By the diversity index, Sam D. Panter Elementary School comes in at 65%.
At Sam D. Panter Elementary School, 47 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Roughly 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 51% average among public schools in Paulding County.
Sam D. Panter Elementary School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 63% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Sam D. Panter Elementary School's results are 1.2 points above predicted: 42.1% against 40.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Paulding County show that median household income is about $98,031, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Sam D. Panter Elementary School is one of 34 public schools in Paulding County, which together enroll about 31,426 students.
The shortest distance from Sam D. Panter Elementary School to another public school is about 1.4 miles, to Hiram High School. The five-mile area around Sam D. Panter Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 32.9% proficiency; Sam D. Panter Elementary School posts 42.1%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 511 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 506. Students per teacher fell from 12.5 in 2020-21 to 10.8 in 2024-25.
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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 Hiram
- Hiram High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Hiram Elementary SchoolElementary · 797 students
- McGarity Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Hiram High School1.4 mi · 1,460
- Bessie L. Baggett Elementary1.5 mi · 549
- Hiram Elementary School1.6 mi · 797
- J. A. Dobbins Middle School1.8 mi · 531
- McGarity Elementary School3.3 mi · 572
- Hal Hutchens Elementary3.8 mi · 613
Frequently asked questions
About Sam D. Panter Elementary SchoolHow large is Sam D. Panter Elementary School?
Sam D. Panter Elementary School enrolls approximately 506 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Sam D. Panter Elementary School serve?
Sam D. Panter Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sam D. Panter Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sam D. Panter Elementary School is approximately 10.8:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sam D. Panter Elementary School?
At Sam D. Panter Elementary School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 16% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Sam D. Panter Elementary School public or private?
Sam D. Panter Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Paulding County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.