Fayetteville Elementary School

Fayetteville Elementary School operates as a modestly sized elementary campus in Fayetteville, Georgia, one of the schools within Fayette County. Current enrollment sits at 507 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 24 schools in Fayette County (19,800 students total), Fayetteville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Fayetteville Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 60% of enrollment; the rest consists of 16% Hispanic, 13% White, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fayette County (around 34%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Fayetteville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 49.1%, a residual of +5.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,978 per year, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Fayette County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,375 students), of which Fayetteville Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fayette County High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Fayetteville Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Fayetteville Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 7% since 2018, when it stood at 475 (now 507).

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