C. A. Roberts Elementary School, Dallas GA

Original Research by School Decision on C. A. Roberts Elementary School

C. A. Roberts Elementary School is a pre-kindergarten through fifth-grade school in Dallas, serving a school population of about 650 students in a rapidly growing exurban county about a half-hour northwest of Atlanta. The school sits in one of Georgia's fastest-expanding regions, where new housing subdivisions, highway corridors, and infrastructure projects shape a landscape of young families and steady inbound migration.

The student body reflects that demographic composition: a plurality of students are white, with substantial shares of Black and Hispanic students, and a majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The school is embedded in Paulding County's countywide district system, which has been investing heavily in facility capacity, teacher pay, and academic infrastructure through sustained voter approval of a local sales-tax measure. A new elementary school is opening in the district next year, and the district is realigning attendance boundaries for several elementary schools, which may affect zoning for families considering homes in the area.

State testing results from the most recent year show mixed performance across subjects and grades. In math, the school's proficiency rate across tested grades hovers near the midpoint, with slightly better results in third and fifth grade than in fourth. Reading and language arts proficiency is substantially lower, ranging from roughly one-quarter of third graders to about four in ten fifth graders meeting state benchmarks. Science proficiency in fifth grade sits below forty percent. These results reflect a school where a meaningful number of students are meeting grade-level standards in math, but where reading and science present softer skill areas. A parent may want to look into whether the school has targeted interventions in these areas and what literacy and science support looks like during the school day.

The school is part of a district whose high schools earned recognition as Advanced Placement honor schools for 2026, and the district's graduation rate for 2024 exceeded the state average by a wide margin. That trajectory suggests a functioning system with academic momentum in the upper grades, though results at this elementary level are more uneven. Without multi-year trend data, it is unclear whether C. A. Roberts' current results represent a stable baseline or a school in transition.

Dallas itself is a small county seat with a historic downtown square and a strong civic anchor in its courthouse and library, but the real economic story is growth. Subdivisions are under active construction, major employers like the regional hospital are expanding, and the median home value in the area is accessible relative to Atlanta proper, though rents have edged downward recently. Schools matter enormously to buying decisions in this market, and information about which school serves a given address is a practical first step for families evaluating neighborhoods.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 47% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 46% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 43% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 327%

School 27% · District 33% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 38% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 40% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 36% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-892%

School 92% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

This schoolPaulding County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income29%Higher-income51%23 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income35%Higher-income60%26 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income44%Higher-income61%18 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income35%Higher-income58%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income47%Higher-income76%29 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income65%18 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income26%Higher-income61%35 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income40%Higher-income67%27 pp gap