Hickory Flat Elementary School

Hickory Flat Elementary School is a medium-sized K-5 school in McDonough, Georgia, part of Henry County. The school serves 560 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Henry County runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 43,012 students. Hickory Flat Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Hickory Flat Elementary School records that 75% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school records 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% White. By comparison, Henry County as a whole is about 52% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Hickory Flat Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Hickory Flat Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.3%; Hickory Flat Elementary School posts 25.7%, -17.6 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Henry County) reports that median household income runs about $83,146, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Henry County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students), Hickory Flat Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Union Grove High, roughly 1.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hickory Flat Elementary School comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 17%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 560 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 68% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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