Tallapoosa Primary School

Tallapoosa Primary School is a K-5 school of compact scale in Tallapoosa, Georgia, operated by Haralson County, serveing 487 students in grades pre-K through 2.

Tallapoosa Primary School is one of 7 schools operated by Haralson County, a district that serves 3,525 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Tallapoosa Primary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest is composed of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black. Compared to Haralson County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Haralson County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Haralson County shows median household income runs about $72,127, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Tallapoosa Primary School is one of 11 public schools in Haralson County (combined enrollment of about 5,867 students).

West Haralson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Tallapoosa Primary School.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Tallapoosa Primary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 487). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 92% to 88%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.