Callaway Elementary School

Callaway Elementary School is an elementary-level community of mid-tier scale in LaGrange, Georgia, run under Troup County, enrolling 638 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Callaway Elementary School is one of 19 schools operated by Troup County, a district that works with 12,262 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Callaway Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 25% White, 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 36% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Callaway Elementary School shows 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Callaway Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.6%.

Around the school, Troup County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,776, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Troup County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,262 students), of which Callaway Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Callaway Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Callaway Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Callaway Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Callaway Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 22% since 2018, when it stood at 821 (now 638). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 5% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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