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What's the one class at Fountain Elementary School every student should take?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000497
Fountain Elementary School
5215 West St, Forest Park, GA 30297 · (404) 362-3875 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
437 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
24.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +12.2pp since 2021
Math
33.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +26.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.3% | 33.3% |
| 2023-24 | 22.1% | 27.5% |
| 2022-23 | 13.7% | 12.1% |
| 2021-22 | 12.1% | 7.3% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Fountain Elementary School
Fountain Elementary School's state test result (27.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fountain Elementary School this school | 437 | 100.0% | 27.0% |
| Edmonds Elementary School Forest Park | 426 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| Cox Elementary School Moultrie | 466 | 100.0% | 20.7% |
| Riverside Elementary School Mableton | 471 | 100.0% | 15.9% |
| Anderson Elementary School Conley | 420 | 100.0% | 21.5% |
| Fowler Drive Elementary School Athens | 366 | 100.0% | 24.4% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Fountain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #885 of 1,208 | #9 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #779 of 1,215 ▲ 117 | #5 of 37 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #890 of 1,215 ▲ 114 | #10 of 37 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.1pp | #12 of 1,183 | #2 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #1,003 of 1,324 | #35 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #111 of 1,301 | #1 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #640 of 1,301 | #6 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #93 of 1,312 | #18 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #54 of 854 | #2 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
437
-141 (-24%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 13.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 437 | 40 | 10.9:1 | 100% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 46 | 10.8:1 | 100% (496) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 42 | 13.1:1 | 90% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 42 | 13.8:1 | 93% (537) |
| 2017-18 | 668 | 46.5 | 14.4:1 | 100% (665) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 45 | 14.5:1 | 100% (649) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 53 | 11.4:1 | 91% (552) |
| 2000-01 | 882 | 42 | 21.0:1 | 81% (716) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 37 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fountain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (668 to 437); teachers down 14% (46.5 to 40).
About Fountain Elementary School
Fountain Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Forest Park, Georgia. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 437 students. Enrollment is 28% lower than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Clayton County operates 68 schools. Combined enrollment is 51,326 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Fountain Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 48%. The next largest groups are 46% Black and 3% multiracial. In Clayton County overall, about 15% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 10.9 students per teacher and 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.7% for Fountain Elementary School. The school posts 27.0%, 1.3 points above the prediction.
Within Clayton County, the median household income is $59,806, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. In all, Clayton County has 73 public schools and roughly 63,156 students.
The nearest public school is Lake City Elementary School, at about 1.1 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Fountain Elementary School is 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Federal data show a 24% enrollment decrease, from 578 in 2020-21 to 437 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 10.9:1, from 13.8:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Fountain Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Forest Park
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Babb Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- Huie Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Edmonds Elementary SchoolElementary · 426 students
- Unidos Dual Language SchoolElementary · 394 students
- 7 Pillars Career AcademyMiddle · 271 students
Other Fountain Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Fountain Elementary. Fountain Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Fountain Elementary SchoolROSEVILLE, MI · 261 students
Nearby schools
- Lake City Elementary School1.1 mi · 479
- Forest Park High School1.2 mi · 1,711
- Babb Middle School1.3 mi · 881
- Unidos Dual Language School1.5 mi · 394
- Sankofa Montessori1.8 mi · 144
- 7 Pillars Career Academy1.9 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Fountain Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fountain Elementary School?
Fountain Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Fountain Elementary School serve?
Fountain Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Fountain Elementary School have?
Fountain Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Fountain Elementary School?
Student demographics at Fountain Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 48% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Fountain Elementary School public or private?
Fountain Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.