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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARALSON COUNTY·NCES 130267001182
West Haralson Elementary School
4552 Georgia Highway 100 N, Tallapoosa, GA 30176 · (770) 574-7060 · Haralson County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
13.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
403 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 140 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 131 | 33% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 33% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Haralson County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
35.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.1pp since 2021
Math
46.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.7% | 46.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.1% | 46.9% |
| 2021-22 | 30.6% | 36.1% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 West Haralson Elementary School
West Haralson Elementary School's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Haralson Elementary School this school | 403 | 100.0% | 46.1% |
| Nahunta Primary School Nahunta | 440 | 100.0% | 51.0% |
| Waynesville Primary School Waynesville | 434 | 100.0% | 48.9% |
| Buchanan Elementary School Buchanan | 377 | 100.0% | 52.5% |
| North LaFayette Elementary School La Fayette | 420 | 100.0% | 33.0% |
| East Fannin Elementary School Morganton | 465 | 100.0% | 37.8% |
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 West Haralson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Haralson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #411 of 1,208 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #477 of 1,215 ▼ 80 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #570 of 1,215 ▼ 112 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.8pp | #224 of 1,183 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #1,088 of 1,324 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #726 of 1,301 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #1,221 of 1,301 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #269 of 1,312 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #343 of 386 | N/A |
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
403
+40 (+11%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
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 | 403 | 29.5 | 13.7:1 | 100% (403) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 29.9 | 12.6:1 | 89% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 383 | 30.5 | 12.6:1 | 85% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 363 | 29 | 12.5:1 | 71% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 26.9 | 14.7:1 | 64% (254) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 55% (192) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 62% (247) |
| 2000-01 | 370 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 48% (178) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 23 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Haralson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (396 to 403); teachers up 10% (26.9 to 29.5).
About West Haralson Elementary School
The public elementary school West Haralson Elementary School is located in Tallapoosa, Georgia. It is open to students in grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 403 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Haralson County is responsible for 7 schools, West Haralson Elementary School included, with 3,525 students in all.
White students are 90% of those enrolled at West Haralson Elementary School. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Hispanic. That is in line with Haralson County, where about 90% of residents are White. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at West Haralson Elementary School are from different groups.
West Haralson Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1, with 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Haralson County is 69%.
On the allk12 Grade, West Haralson Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 87% of Georgia public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 25.7% for West Haralson Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 46.1%. The 20.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Georgia schools.
For the population of Haralson County, median household income comes to about $72,127, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Haralson County's 11 public schools enroll about 5,867 students and include West Haralson Elementary School.
A public school about 1.4 miles away, Tallapoosa Primary School, is the closest to West Haralson Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, West Haralson Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment was 403 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 363. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.5:1 in 2020-21, and 13.7:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for West Haralson Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Haralson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,285
Census ACS
Median income
$72,127
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
5,867 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Haralson County
- Haralson County High SchoolHigh · 1,001 students
- Haralson County Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Tallapoosa Primary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Buchanan Primary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Buchanan Elementary SchoolElementary · 377 students
- Haralson County Rebel AcademyHigh · 24 students
Other schools in Tallapoosa
- Haralson County High SchoolHigh · 1,001 students
- Haralson County Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Tallapoosa Primary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- Haralson County Rebel AcademyHigh · 24 students
Nearby schools
- Tallapoosa Primary School1.4 mi · 487
- Haralson County Rebel Academy3.1 mi · 24
- Haralson County High School3.1 mi · 1,001
- Haralson County Middle School4.5 mi · 757
- Buchanan Primary School6.7 mi · 476
- Buchanan Elementary School6.8 mi · 377
Frequently asked questions
About West Haralson Elementary SchoolHow large is West Haralson Elementary School?
West Haralson Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does West Haralson Elementary School serve?
West Haralson Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at West Haralson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at West Haralson Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at West Haralson Elementary School?
At West Haralson Elementary School, the student body is approximately 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is West Haralson Elementary School public or private?
West Haralson Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Haralson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.