Holsenbeck Elementary School

Set in Winder, Georgia, Holsenbeck Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus, run under Barrow County. It serves 813 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 34% bigger than typical.

Barrow County runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 15,313 students. Holsenbeck Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Holsenbeck Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 26% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. By comparison, Barrow County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Holsenbeck Elementary School shows 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Holsenbeck Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.0%, the actual is 40.0%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Barrow County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,653 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Barrow County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,313 students), Holsenbeck Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Winder-Barrow High School, roughly 2.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Holsenbeck Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Holsenbeck Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 9%: 745 students in 2018 compared to 813 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 62% to 54%.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.