Hazel Grove Elementary School

Hazel Grove Elementary School, a low-enrollment K-5 school in Mount Airy, Georgia, overseen by Habersham County, works with 272 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 55% smaller than typical.

Habersham County comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,257 students; Hazel Grove Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hazel Grove Elementary School reports that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Hazel Grove Elementary School records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Habersham County runs at roughly 90%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hazel Grove Elementary School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 25.7%; actual is 55.5%, +29.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Habersham County shows median household income runs about $67,309, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Hazel Grove Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in Habersham County (combined enrollment of about 6,835 students).

Nearest neighbor: Habersham Central High School, around 3.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Hazel Grove Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hazel Grove Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.2%.

Hazel Grove Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 13%: 241 students in 2018 compared to 272 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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