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Northside Elementary

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Northside Elementary ranks 840 th of 1222 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

840^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,222 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 31% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Northside Elementary in Cedartown, GA, is a PK-5 school in Polk County serving about 531 students, with a strong majority qualifying for free or reduced lunch. The school has been steadily improving its statewide ranking over the past several years, climbing from the 20th percentile in 2021-2022 to the 31st percentile in 2025-2026—a positive trend that suggests recent efforts are paying off.

One of the school's standout strengths is its work with English Language Learner (ELL) students, who perform in the 56th percentile statewide—far above the school's overall ranking. This suggests Northside has developed effective strategies for language acquisition that could benefit other groups. However, there are notable gaps. While male students rank in the 40th percentile, female students rank in the 27th, and the school's performance with White students is a serious concern, ranking in the 2nd percentile statewide. In academics, math has shown real improvement—3rd grade proficiency jumped from 15.7% to 41% in three years—but 5th grade science remains a weak spot at 27.5% proficiency, well below the state average of 44.2%. Chronic absenteeism is a bright spot: at 14.8%, it's below both the district (15.7%) and state (17.7%) averages, which is notable given the school's high poverty rate.

Compared to nearby schools, Northside sits below most of its Polk County peers. Youngs Grove Elementary, just 5 miles away, ranks in the 54th percentile and achieves higher proficiency in nearly every subject despite serving an even higher-poverty population. Westside Elementary, only 1.5 miles away, also outperforms Northside in science and has a chronic absenteeism rate of just 7.1%. Northside does spend more per student ($15,014) than most district peers, yet results don't always reflect that investment. The school is clearly moving in the right direction, but there's room to learn from nearby schools that are seeing stronger outcomes with similar student populations.

531

Students ?

13.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,014

Per pupil spending ?

87.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

100 N Philpot St
Cedartown, GA 30125

(770) 748-4932

District: Polk County

Students who attend Northside Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Cedartown Middle School
High:	Cedartown High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

53.3%

White:

31.1%

African American:

10.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 17th percentile in 2016 → 31st in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 14 percentile points since 2016

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 17 pts below the Georgia average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school33%

District avg37%

Georgia avg47%

840^th of 1,222

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 31%▲ up 14 pts since 2016

From bottom 17% (2016) to bottom 31% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 6Elementary Schools in the Polk County

113^th of 202Polk 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	29.8	840 of 1222	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	33.4	790 of 1238	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.2	824 of 1236	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	28.0	865 of 1223	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.1	981 of 1220	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.0	941 of 1214	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	957 of 1234	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.9	794 of 1209	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	28.7	860 of 1205	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.5	1019 of 1233	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.8	1066 of 1240	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	28.6	986 of 1231	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	26.6	995 of 1225	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	41.0	836 of 1201	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2011	43.5	806 of 1212	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	50.4	698 of 1183	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2009	32.3	869 of 1133	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	31.2	884 of 1134	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	48.4	673 of 1125	40.2%	★★☆☆☆
2006	32.9	825 of 1101	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2023	28.2	648 of 870	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	45.3	95 of 215	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2025	45.6	146 of 317	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	31.2	233 of 304	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.6	254 of 286	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.2	218 of 283	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	26.7	873 of 1189	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	36.2	733 of 1224	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	26.9	905 of 1223	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.1	803 of 1212	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	20.6	973 of 1206	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	41.6	279 of 504	44.6%	★★☆☆☆
2025	45.9	291 of 583	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	44.9	297 of 565	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.5	359 of 535	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	22.7	448 of 516	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	37.2	717 of 1186	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	31.5	808 of 1225	34.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.7	741 of 1220	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	25.4	914 of 1210	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.2	961 of 1209	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	4.4	691 of 703	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	10.7	726 of 769	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.8	750 of 772	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.6	731 of 775	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.6	767 of 779	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2026)56th percentile+25 vs school

Hispanic (2026)45th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2026)40th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2026)27th percentile-5 vs school

African American (2023)26th percentile-4 vs school

White (2026)2nd percentile-30 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics35%-12 vs state

Science28%-17 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, May 19, 2014

While I think that the teachers are trying to do the best that they can at Northside, this is a terrible school. We moved in the middle of the school year and my son was in 4th grade and was constantly teased, made fun of and bullied all through his time there. I was very disappointed with the lack of communication from the teachers with the parents. If I had to do it all over again, I'd take my son somewhere else. Even homeschooling would have been better than Northside. 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
Northside Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 N Philpot St	Cedartown	30125	Polk County	Polk County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 748-4932	531	40	13.2	87.6%	165 (31.1%)	57 (10.7%)	283 (53.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.7%)	29.8	840^th of 1222 public elementary schools	31.3%		33.4	790^th of 1238 public elementary schools	36.2%	50	41.0	40.6	26.4	27.5	$15,014	$841	$14,173
Cherokee Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	191 Evergreen Ln	Cedartown	30125	Polk County	Polk County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 748-5614	575	47	12.2	82.1%	271 (47.1%)	16 (2.8%)	243 (42.3%)	14 (2.4%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.0%)	36.1	734^th of 1222 public elementary schools	39.9%		41.4	667^th of 1238 public elementary schools	46.1%	67	42.4	43.0	29.7	33.4	$14,023	$850	$13,173
Westside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	51 Frank Lott Dr	Cedartown	30125	Polk County	Polk County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 748-0831	588	45	13.1	80.3%	255 (43.4%)	83 (14.1%)	216 (36.7%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.6%)	38.3	694^th of 1222 public elementary schools	43.2%		34.8	757^th of 1238 public elementary schools	38.9%	63	40.9	41.8	27.2	42.0	$14,089	$932	$13,157
Youngs Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	601 Wooten Rd	Cedartown	30125	Polk County	Polk County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 748-3821	490	38	12.9	96.1%	263 (53.7%)	40 (8.2%)	164 (33.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (4.7%)	48.3	567^th of 1222 public elementary schools	53.6%		41.3	671^st of 1238 public elementary schools	45.8%	104	47.4	45.2	34.7	45.8	$14,649	$1,120	$13,529
Eastside Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	425 Prospect Rd	Rockmart	30153	Polk County	Polk County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 684-5335	764	52	14.7	75.0%	584 (76.4%)	67 (8.8%)	51 (6.7%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (8.0%)	35	755^th of 1222 public elementary schools	38.2%		35.1	752^nd of 1238 public elementary schools	39.3%	3	44.7	42.0	24.0	32.3	$12,663	$801	$11,862
Pepperell Elementary	Public	2-4	270 Hughes Dairy Rd SE	Lindale	30147	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 290-8527	534	38	14.0	72.7%	403 (75.5%)	42 (7.9%)	61 (11.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (5.1%)								(n/a)	54.4	62.5			$13,687	$809	$12,878
Pepperell Primary	Public	PK, KG-2	1 Dragon Dr SE	Lindale	30147	Floyd County	Floyd County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 236-1835	456	33	14.0	69.1%	363 (79.6%)	23 (5.0%)	42 (9.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (6.1%)								(n/a)					$18,283	$1,142	$17,141
Van Wert Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	370 Atlanta Hwy	Rockmart	30153	Polk County	Polk County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 684-2237	693	55	12.6	100.0%	407 (58.7%)	155 (22.4%)	59 (8.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	70 (10.1%)	30.5	830^th of 1222 public elementary schools	32.1%		19.2	1009^th of 1238 public elementary schools	18.5%	179	35.5	25.9	34.6	38.3	$13,559	$871	$12,689
Buchanan Elementary School	Public	3-5	215 College Cir	Buchanan	30113	Haralson County	Haralson County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 646-5140	377	31	12.1	100.0%	329 (87.3%)	13 (3.4%)	21 (5.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.2%)	77.9	239^th of 1222 public elementary schools	80.4%		71.1	317^th of 1238 public elementary schools	74.4%	78	62.6	65.9	61.2	49.6	$15,292	$1,247	$14,045
Buchanan Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	271 Van Wert St	Buchanan	30113	Haralson County	Haralson County	No	No	No	Yes	(770) 646-5523	476	35	13.6	100.0%	416 (87.4%)	13 (2.7%)	24 (5.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.4%)								(n/a)					$14,707	$1,395	$13,313

Frequently Asked Questions about Northside Elementary

What schools do graduates of Northside Elementary attend?

Students who attend Northside Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cedartown Middle School
High : Cedartown High School

What is the racial makeup of Northside Elementary?

Students at Northside Elementary are 53% Hispanic, 31% White, 11% African American, 5% Two or more races.

How many students attend Northside Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 531 students attended Northside Elementary.

Is Northside Elementary a good school?

Northside Elementary ranks 840^th of 1222 Georgia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Northside Elementary in?

Polk County

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