Hartwell Elementary School

As a medium-sized primary school in Hartwell, Georgia, Hartwell Elementary School hosts 566 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Hart County.

Hart County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,743 students; Hartwell Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Hartwell Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 35% Black, 11% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Hart County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Hartwell Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 37.8%, a residual of +12.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hart County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,385 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hart County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,743 students), of which Hartwell Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hart County High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Hartwell Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Hartwell Elementary School comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hartwell Elementary School has increased 3%, going from 550 students in 2018 to 566 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 41% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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