West Haralson Elementary School

West Haralson Elementary School is a primary school of intimate scale in Tallapoosa, Georgia, overseen by Haralson County, instructing 403 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so West Haralson Elementary School sits 33% below that benchmark.

Haralson County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,525 students; West Haralson Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, West Haralson Elementary School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest reads as 3% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, West Haralson Elementary School reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at West Haralson Elementary School qualify 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 above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, West Haralson Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.7%; actual is 46.1%, +20.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Haralson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $72,127, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Haralson County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,867 students), West Haralson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tallapoosa Primary School, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around West Haralson Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts West Haralson Elementary School at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

West Haralson Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Haralson Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 396 students in 2018 to 403 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the West Haralson Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.