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Bessie L. Baggett Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

923^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,222 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 24% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Bessie L. Baggett Elementary in Powder Springs, GA, serves approximately 549 students in grades PK-5 as part of Paulding County Schools, with about 70% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.

Over the past five years, Bessie L. Baggett has seen a steady decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from the 67th percentile in 2020-2021 to the 24th percentile in 2025-2026. The most significant area of concern is mathematics, where proficiency rates trail both district and state averages by wide margins. For example, in 4th grade math, only 26.4% of students scored proficient compared to 49.5% for the district and 50.1% statewide. Science performance also lags, with just 26.9% of 5th graders proficient versus 44.2% statewide. Notably, the school's gap with the district has widened considerably—in 2022-2023, 3rd grade math was within 4 points of the district average, but by 2025-2026 that gap had grown to 15 points. While the school spends $16,107 per student—more than some better-performing nearby schools—this has not translated into stronger outcomes. For context, Sam D. Panter Elementary, just 1.5 miles away with a similar economic profile, achieves a 51st percentile ranking, and McGarity Elementary reaches the 53rd percentile with notably higher 3rd grade math scores (60.9% vs. 35.3%).

There is one clear bright spot: chronic absenteeism has improved significantly, dropping from 20.3% in 2022-2023 to 14.1% in 2025-2026—now better than both the district (16.8%) and state (17.7%) averages. The school also maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. However, these strengths have not yet translated into academic gains. Subgroup performance shows challenges across multiple student groups, and the school's trajectory suggests systemic issues rather than temporary disruptions. The comparison with nearby schools serving similar populations indicates that improvement is achievable, but it will likely require targeted instructional strategies to address the specific needs of the current student body.

549

Students ?

11.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,107

Per pupil spending ?

70.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

948 Williams Lake Rd
Powder Springs, GA 30127

(678) 460-1570

District: Paulding County

Students who attend Bessie L. Baggett Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	J. A. Dobbins Middle School
High:	Hiram High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

36.8%

White:

31.7%

Hispanic:

23.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 65th percentile in 2016 → 24th in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (30% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 41 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school30%

District avg45%

Georgia avg47%

923^rd of 1,222

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 41 pts since 2016

From top 35% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

18^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	24.7	923 of 1222	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	28.1	873 of 1238	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	30.2	847 of 1236	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.3	662 of 1223	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.9	543 of 1220	55.5%	★★★☆☆
2021	63.9	401 of 1214	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.3	591 of 1234	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	62.1	406 of 1209	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2017	58.0	452 of 1205	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2016	60.9	427 of 1233	65.4%	★★★☆☆
2015	58.9	451 of 1240	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2014	66.0	485 of 1231	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	69.3	403 of 1225	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2012	65.4	475 of 1201	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	67.2	449 of 1212	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2010	62.7	497 of 1183	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	54.3	576 of 1133	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2008	51.7	622 of 1134	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2007	50.0	656 of 1125	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	67.2	404 of 1101	63.3%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	34.6	541 of 829	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2025	38.3	528 of 892	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.9	537 of 879	38.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.2	398 of 870	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.3	282 of 876	67.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	23.2	922 of 1189	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	28.7	867 of 1224	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.8	788 of 1223	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.9	579 of 1212	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	54.0	510 of 1206	57.7%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	23.0	419 of 504	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.7	488 of 583	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	33.6	394 of 565	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.8	377 of 535	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	56.5	191 of 516	63.0%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	27.0	869 of 1186	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	28.9	855 of 1225	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	28.6	868 of 1220	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.9	754 of 1210	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	50.0	566 of 1209	53.2%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	14.8	440 of 466	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	14.3	536 of 565	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.8	463 of 487	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	421 of 455	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	10.6	670 of 703	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	20.0	657 of 769	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.7	569 of 772	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.0	436 of 775	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.6	539 of 779	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

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)35th percentile+10 vs school

Male (2026)27th percentile~ school

Female (2026)22nd percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)17th percentile-8 vs school

Special Education (2026)6th percentile-19 vs school

White (2026)5th percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics31%-16 vs state

Science27%-17 vs state

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by kimberlee russell (a parent)
Wednesday, August 3, 2022

My daughters have been at this school for years and the staff is nice. However I would like to see a little more EFFORT and care put into things. For example, they never clean the parking lot. And they need more extra curricular activities. Close Quote

by a parent
Saturday, June 3, 2017

Awesome All The Way!!! 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
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	948 Williams Lake Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 460-1570	549	46	11.9	70.3%	174 (31.7%)	202 (36.8%)	127 (23.1%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (7.1%)	24.7	923^rd of 1222 public elementary schools	24.5%		28.1	873^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	29.5%	50	35.3	26.4	32.2	26.9	$16,107	$644	$15,462
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
Hal Hutchens Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	586 Clonts Rd	Douglasville	30134	Douglas County	Paulding County	No	No	No	Yes	(678) 838-2683	613	49	12.5	71.1%	191 (31.2%)	260 (42.4%)	110 (17.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (8.0%)	48.3	568^th of 1222 public elementary schools	53.5%		43.7	641^st of 1238 public elementary schools	48.2%	73	44.3	47.9	44.7	36.6	$15,157	$641	$14,516
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
Powder Springs Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4570 Grady Grier Dr	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 222-3746	805	66	12.2	94.8%	62 (7.7%)	495 (61.5%)	169 (21.0%)	5 (0.6%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	72 (8.9%)	44.2	629^th of 1222 public elementary schools	48.5%		37.5	719^th of 1238 public elementary schools	41.9%	90	34.8	51.1	46.6	33.6	$16,913	$794	$16,119
Hendricks Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5243 Meadows Rd	Powder Springs	30127	Cobb County	Cobb County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 819-2387	538	42	12.9	98.5%	39 (7.2%)	319 (59.3%)	133 (24.7%)	9 (1.7%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	35 (6.5%)	32.8	788^th of 1222 public elementary schools	35.5%		37.8	715^th of 1238 public elementary schools	42.2%	73	32.9	37.1	38.5	32.5	$18,892	$785	$18,107
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
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
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Beulah Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1150 S Burnt Hickory Rd	Douglasville	30134	Douglas County	Douglas County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 651-3300	428	34	12.5	83.9%	64 (15.0%)	130 (30.4%)	197 (46.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	5 (1.2%)	28 (6.5%)	37.1	714^th of 1222 public elementary schools	41.6%		48.6	584^th of 1238 public elementary schools	52.8%	130	38.7	46.1	34.2	31.7	$15,833	$647	$15,187

Frequently Asked Questions about Bessie L. Baggett Elementary

How many students attend Bessie L. Baggett Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 549 students attended Bessie L. Baggett Elementary.

What district is Bessie L. Baggett Elementary in?

Paulding County

What schools do graduates of Bessie L. Baggett Elementary attend?

Students who attend Bessie L. Baggett Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : J. A. Dobbins Middle School
High : Hiram High School

Is Bessie L. Baggett Elementary a good school?

Bessie L. Baggett Elementary ranks in the bottom 24.5% of Georgia elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Bessie L. Baggett Elementary?

Students at Bessie L. Baggett Elementary are 37% African American, 32% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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