📍 948 Williams Lake Rd, Powder Springs, Paulding County, 30127
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Powder Springs, Paulding County. The school has 589 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paulding County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. 37% of students are proficient in reading. 49% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary enrolls 589 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 46.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% Black or African American, 33% White and 19% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 231 | 39% |
| White | 196 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 113 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 7 | 1.2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
364 of the school's 589 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 312 qualify for free lunch and 52 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 30, state house district 66.
Bessie L. Baggett Elementary is one of 33 schools in Paulding County, based in Dallas, Georgia. The district serves 31,426 students district-wide and employs 2,100 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 589 students, Bessie L. Baggett Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 952 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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