Barksdale Elementary School

Barksdale Elementary School is a compact elementary school in Conyers, Georgia, part of Rockdale County. The school caters to 495 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Rockdale County comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 15,342 students; Barksdale Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Barksdale Elementary School logs that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Barksdale Elementary School has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Barksdale Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at Barksdale Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Barksdale Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.3%, the actual is 31.3%, a residual of -1.0 points.

Around the school, Rockdale County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,247, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Rockdale County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,355 students), of which Barksdale Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Honey Creek Elementary School, around 2.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Barksdale Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 27.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Barksdale Elementary School has decreased 15%, going from 584 students in 2018 to 495 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 32% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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