The Dalton Academy

Set in Dalton, Georgia, The Dalton Academy is a modestly sized senior high, overseen by Dalton Public Schools. It educates 469 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so The Dalton Academy sits 58% below that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in Dalton Public Schools (7,619 students total), The Dalton Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, The Dalton Academy records that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 9% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Whitfield County's rate of about 83%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, The Dalton Academy falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.1%; this one comes in at 20.6%, -26.6 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Whitfield County put the typical household earns roughly $67,070 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Whitfield County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,570 students), of which The Dalton Academy is one.

Dalton Jr. High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The Dalton Academy. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), The Dalton Academy ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.5%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

In the discussion threads here, members of the The Dalton Academy community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.