Barnwell Elementary School

Barnwell Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in Alpharetta, Georgia, run under Fulton County, with 672 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Fulton County, which oversees 107 schools and 87,563 students, Barnwell Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Barnwell Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 17% Asian, 14% Black, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Fulton County as a whole is about 38% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Barnwell Elementary School reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fulton County (around 62%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Barnwell Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.2%; this one delivers 82.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,292, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Barnwell Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Autrey Mill Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Barnwell Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Barnwell Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 59.8%.

Barnwell Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Barnwell Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 12% since 2018, when it stood at 763 (now 672). The White share of enrollment edged down from 57% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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