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The highest-poverty public elementary schools in Clayton County, Georgia

41 public elementary schools in Clayton County, Georgia appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public elementary schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Mount Zion Elementary School leads the list at 100%, against a median of 100% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked
41
Clayton County, Georgia
Top % FRL
100%
Median % FRL
100%
HIGHEST POVERTY · CLAYTON COUNTY, GEORGIA
#SchoolCityDistrictLevelStudents% FRL
1Mount Zion Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary491100%
2Brown Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary671100%
3Arnold Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary454100%
4Tara Elementary SchoolMorrow, GAClayton CountyElementary570100%
5Northcutt Elementary SchoolCollege Park, GAClayton CountyElementary618100%
6Lee Street Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary515100%
7East Clayton Elementary SchoolEllenwood, GAClayton CountyElementary641100%
8Anderson Elementary SchoolConley, GAClayton CountyElementary420100%
9Oliver Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyElementary452100%
10Swint Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary544100%
11William M. McGarrah Elementary SchoolMorrow, GAClayton CountyElementary658100%
12Huie Elementary SchoolForest Park, GAClayton CountyElementary594100%
13Edmonds Elementary SchoolForest Park, GAClayton CountyElementary426100%
14Suder Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary592100%
15Lake City Elementary SchoolLake City, GAClayton CountyElementary479100%
16Church Street Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyElementary706100%
17Haynie Elementary SchoolMorrow, GAClayton CountyElementary767100%
18Fountain Elementary SchoolForest Park, GAClayton CountyElementary437100%
19West Clayton Elementary SchoolCollege Park, GAClayton CountyElementary464100%
20Riverdale Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyElementary559100%
21Morrow Elementary SchoolMorrow, GAClayton CountyElementary406100%
22River's Edge Elementary SchoolFayetteville, GAClayton CountyElementary652100%
23Lake Ridge Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyElementary498100%
24Pointe South Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyElementary508100%
25Kemp Elementary SchoolHampton, GAClayton CountyElementary586100%
26Hawthorne Elementary SchoolHampton, GAClayton CountyElementary813100%
27Roberta T. Smith Elementary SchoolRex, GAClayton CountyElementary720100%
28Callaway Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary677100%
29Harper Elementary SchoolRiverdale, GAClayton CountyElementary690100%
30Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolCollege Park, GAClayton CountyElementary516100%
31James Jackson Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary696100%
32Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolMorrow, GAClayton CountyElementary801100%
33Kemp PrimaryHampton, GAClayton CountyElementary626100%
34Unidos Dual Language SchoolForest Park, GAClayton CountyElementary394100%
35Mount Zion PrimaryJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary620100%
36Michelle Obama STEM Elementary AcademyHampton, GAClayton CountyElementary1,048100%
37Kay R Pace Elementary School of the ArtsJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary518100%
38Kilpatrick Elementary SchoolJonesboro, GAClayton CountyElementary63799.4%
39Dubois Integrity AcademyRiverdale, GAState Specialty Schools I- Dubois Integrity AcademyElementary1,34196.3%
40Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary SchoolEllenwood, GAClayton CountyElementary31790.9%
41Sankofa MontessoriForest Park, GAState Specialty Schools II- Sankofa MontessoriElementary14489.6%
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