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Dallas Elementary School

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Dallas Elementary School ranks 862 nd of 1222 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

862^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,222 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 29% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Dallas Elementary School in Dallas, GA, serves approximately 513 students in grades PK-5 within the Paulding County School District, where about 80% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch—a rate higher than most nearby schools.

Academically, Dallas Elementary has consistently ranked in the lower quartile of Georgia elementary schools over the past decade, currently sitting at the 29th percentile with a 1-star rating. In the most recent testing cycle, math proficiency rates lagged district averages by 10–15 percentage points (e.g., 35.2% of 3rd graders proficient vs. 50.3% district-wide), and 5th grade science proficiency was 29.7% compared to 44.2% statewide. The school also faces a chronic absenteeism rate of 21.9%—the highest among nearby elementary schools and well above the district's 16.8%. By contrast, higher-performing neighbors like WC Abney Elementary (62nd percentile) and McGarity Elementary (53rd percentile) have absenteeism rates below 10% and significantly lower poverty rates. Despite spending $15,364 per student—more than several peers—and maintaining a favorable 12:1 student-teacher ratio, outcomes remain below expectations.

There are encouraging signs, however. Math proficiency has improved notably: 4th grade jumped from 21.3% to 33.3% and 5th grade from 19.5% to 33.3% over two years, while 5th grade science nearly doubled from 15.3% to 29.7% in three years. Additionally, the school's African American students perform near the state average (49th percentile), a relative strength that may offer a blueprint for improvement. Still, with a decade of bottom-quartile performance and stark gaps compared to nearby schools like Sam D. Panter Elementary (51st percentile) and Northside Elementary (56th percentile), addressing attendance and understanding subgroup disparities will be critical for sustained progress.

513

Students ?

12.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,364

Per pupil spending ?

79.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

520 Hardee St
Dallas, GA 30132

(770) 443-8018

District: Paulding County

Students who attend Dallas Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Herschel Jones Middle School
High:	Paulding County High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.0%

White:

21.2%

Hispanic:

12.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 29th percentile in 2016 → 29th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (33% vs 47% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Science scores 14 pts below the Georgia average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school33%

District avg45%

Georgia avg47%

862^nd of 1,222

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 29%▬ steady since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

16^th of 19Elementary Schools in the Paulding County

88^th of 202Paulding County among Georgia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	28.1	862 of 1222	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	31.5	814 of 1238	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.8	944 of 1236	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	956 of 1223	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.5	935 of 1220	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.6	888 of 1214	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.6	949 of 1234	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.7	883 of 1209	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	35.3	782 of 1205	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	28.9	872 of 1233	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	30.2	862 of 1240	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2014	26.7	1008 of 1231	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	23.8	1016 of 1225	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	24.3	999 of 1201	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	25.4	1007 of 1212	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	32.3	921 of 1183	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	30.5	888 of 1133	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	34.2	836 of 1134	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	38.4	786 of 1125	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2006	32.7	827 of 1101	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	44.7	421 of 829	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	45.1	425 of 892	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.4	568 of 879	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.0	631 of 870	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.9	699 of 876	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	30.0	821 of 1189	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	39.9	679 of 1224	44.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.1	885 of 1223	27.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.5	777 of 1212	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.2	803 of 1206	33.4%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2025	35.3	377 of 583	35.3%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	28.6	846 of 1186	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	24.5	924 of 1225	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.5	997 of 1220	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.9	1081 of 1210	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.1	1021 of 1209	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	20.3	413 of 466	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	31.2	372 of 565	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	18.7	414 of 455	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	395 of 415	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	6.6	688 of 703	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.5	743 of 769	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.7	751 of 772	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	8.2	754 of 775	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	699 of 779	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)49th percentile+20 vs school

Hispanic (2025)35th percentile~ school

Female (2026)31st percentile~ school

Male (2026)29th percentile~ school

Special Education (2026)11th percentile-18 vs school

White (2026)2nd percentile-27 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics34%-14 vs state

Science30%-14 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

My oldest was on a 4th grade reading level after finishing kindergarten. We then moved to VanWert elementary. I saw a huge difference in the 2 schools and if I could only choose 1 of the 2 I would choose Dallas Elementary all the way. My daughter only went to kindergarten at Dallas but we had an awesome experience. I would have rated 5 stars but since we only experienced 1 year. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Dallas Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	520 Hardee St	Dallas	30132	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 443-8018	513	42	12.0	79.7%	109 (21.2%)	282 (55.0%)	64 (12.5%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	49 (9.6%)	28.1	862^nd of 1222 public elementary schools	29.5%		31.5	814^th of 1238 public elementary schools	34.2%	48	35.2	33.3	33.3	29.7	$15,364	$781	$14,582
Northside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2223 Cartersville Hwy	Dallas	30132	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 443-7008	626	48	13.0	58.5%	287 (45.8%)	201 (32.1%)	92 (14.7%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (6.4%)	50.7	537^th of 1222 public elementary schools	56.1%		44.3	633^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	48.9%	96	38.8	41.7	51.4	46.7	$15,724	$934	$14,790
Allgood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	312 Hart Rd	Dallas	30157	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 443-8070	811	63	12.8	72.3%	257 (31.7%)	318 (39.2%)	156 (19.2%)	6 (0.7%)	7 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (8.3%)	26.9	882^nd of 1222 public elementary schools	27.8%		25.2	927^th of 1238 public elementary schools	25.1%	45	35.8	25.9	29.7	35.1	$15,016	$1,030	$13,986
McGarity Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	262 Rakestraw Mill Rd	Hiram	30141	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 445-9007	572	43	13.3	58.0%	250 (43.7%)	193 (33.7%)	85 (14.9%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (6.8%)	47.6	579^th of 1222 public elementary schools	52.6%		45	627^th of 1238 public elementary schools	49.4%	48	60.9	47.3	38.0	28.0	$14,716	$356	$14,359
C. A. Roberts Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1833 Mount Tabor Church Rd	Dallas	30157	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-8060	668	50	13.3	54.5%	365 (54.6%)	142 (21.3%)	102 (15.3%)	11 (1.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (7.0%)	47.4	585^th of 1222 public elementary schools	52.1%		54	514^th of 1238 public elementary schools	58.5%	71	50.5	52.6	36.0	32.4	$15,399	$878	$14,522
WC Abney Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1186 Colbert Rd	Dallas	30132	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	No	(770) 443-8000	1,324	88	15.0	48.7%	503 (38.0%)	475 (35.9%)	201 (15.2%)	53 (4.0%)	5 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	85 (6.4%)	56.7	469^th of 1222 public elementary schools	61.6%		51.9	542^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	56.2%	73	45.9	54.5	48.8	41.2	$13,094	$564	$12,530
Hiram Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	200 Seaboard Ave	Hiram	30141	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 443-3392	797	60	13.2	71.5%	97 (12.2%)	483 (60.6%)	154 (19.3%)	8 (1.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (6.6%)	23.9	937^th of 1222 public elementary schools	23.3%		25.7	915^th of 1238 public elementary schools	26.1%	22	30.7	30.8	34.4	23.8	$15,256	$1,001	$14,255
Lillian C. Poole Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1002 Wayside Ln	Dallas	30132	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 505-5541	460	40	11.5	61.7%	211 (45.9%)	137 (29.8%)	66 (14.3%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	40 (8.7%)	35.2	751^st of 1222 public elementary schools	38.5%		42.7	650^th of 1238 public elementary schools	47.5%	101	57.9	39.2	24.4	23.2	$17,386	$710	$16,676
Nebo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2843 Nebo Rd	Dallas	30157	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 443-8777	874	60	14.5	60.1%	494 (56.5%)	200 (22.9%)	112 (12.8%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	65 (7.4%)	36.9	721^st of 1222 public elementary schools	41.0%		39.8	685^th of 1238 public elementary schools	44.7%	36	49.2	41.6	30.3	28.0	$13,378	$595	$12,783
Sam D. Panter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	190 Panter School Rd	Hiram	30141	Paulding County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 443-4303	506	47	10.7	70.6%	256 (50.6%)	128 (25.3%)	82 (16.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (7.3%)	46.5	597^th of 1222 public elementary schools	51.1%		59.4	443^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	64.2%	154	47.3	47.3	43.2	32.1	$17,082	$607	$16,475

Frequently Asked Questions about Dallas Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Dallas Elementary School?

Students at Dallas Elementary School are 55% African American, 21% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Dallas Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 513 students attended Dallas Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Dallas Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Dallas Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Herschel Jones Middle School
High : Paulding County High School

What district is Dallas Elementary School in?

Paulding County

Is Dallas Elementary School a good school?

Dallas Elementary School ranks 862^nd of 1222 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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