Arnco-Sargent Elementary School

Arnco-Sargent Elementary School, a small elementary school in Newnan, Georgia, part of Coweta County, caters to 357 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 41% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Within Coweta County, which oversees 29 schools and 23,064 students, Arnco-Sargent Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Arnco-Sargent Elementary School records that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Arnco-Sargent Elementary School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Arnco-Sargent Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Coweta County (around 46%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Arnco-Sargent Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.6%; this one delivers 33.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Coweta County shows the typical household earns roughly $95,548 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Coweta County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,423 students), of which Arnco-Sargent Elementary School is one.

Western Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Arnco-Sargent Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Arnco-Sargent Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arnco-Sargent Elementary School has contracted 10%, going from 398 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 69% to 55%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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