Fountain Elementary School

Fountain Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school in Forest Park, Georgia, operated by Clayton County, teaches 437 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Clayton County comprises 68 schools with combined enrollment of 51,326 students; Fountain Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Fountain Elementary School lists that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 46% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Fountain Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% 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, Fountain Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 27.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Clayton County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Clayton County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students), Fountain Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Lake City Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fountain Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fountain Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 24.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fountain Elementary School has ticked down 35%, going from 668 students in 2018 to 437 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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