Harper Elementary School

Harper Elementary School operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Riverdale, Georgia, overseen by Clayton County. Current enrollment sits at 690 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Harper Elementary School is one of 68 schools operated by Clayton County, a district that instructs 51,326 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Harper Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 63% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Harper Elementary School has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Harper 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 16.3%.

In the surrounding community, Clayton County reports that median household earnings sit near $59,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Harper Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in Clayton County (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students).

Sequoyah Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Harper Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harper Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 19.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Harper Elementary School has contracted 21%, going from 873 students in 2018 to 690 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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