Fowler Drive Elementary School

Fowler Drive Elementary School operates as a tight-knit primary school in Athens, Georgia, one of the schools within Clarke County. Current enrollment sits at 366 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 40% leaner than the state mean of about 605.

Clarke County comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,275 students; Fowler Drive Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Fowler Drive Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 39% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, Fowler Drive Elementary School records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Fowler Drive Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clarke County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Fowler Drive Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.4%.

In the surrounding community, Clarke County reports that the typical household earns roughly $53,625 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fowler Drive Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in Clarke County (combined enrollment of about 13,750 students).

Howard B. Stroud Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Fowler Drive Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.9%.

Fowler Drive Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fowler Drive Elementary School has edged down 24%, going from 480 students in 2018 to 366 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 45% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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