Bethune Elementary School

Bethune Elementary School is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in College Park, Georgia, overseen by Fulton County, teacheing 608 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Fulton County runs 107 schools in total, collectively educating 87,563 students. Bethune Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bethune Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (86%). The remainder is composed of 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 43%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Fulton County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bethune Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fulton County indicate median household income runs about $95,292, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Fulton County runs 205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,270 students), of which Bethune Elementary School is one.

McNair Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bethune Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bethune Elementary School has decreased 14%, going from 711 students in 2018 to 608 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 95% to 86% over that span.

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