Arnold Elementary School

Arnold Elementary School, a cozy elementary-level community in Jonesboro, Georgia, one of the schools within Clayton County, educates 454 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Arnold Elementary School sits 25% below that benchmark.

Within Clayton County, which oversees 68 schools and 51,326 students, Arnold Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Arnold Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 18% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% White. Compared to Clayton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Arnold Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Arnold Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Arnold Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 36.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Clayton County shows median household earnings sit near $59,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Clayton County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students), of which Arnold Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jonesboro Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Arnold Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 21.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arnold Elementary School has contracted 21%, going from 573 students in 2018 to 454 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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