Howard B. Stroud Elementary School

Set in Athens, Georgia, Howard B. Stroud Elementary School is a close-knit elementary school, one of the schools within Clarke County. It works with 350 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Clarke County comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,275 students; Howard B. Stroud Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Howard B. Stroud Elementary School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 18% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Howard B. Stroud Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Clarke County runs at roughly 91%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Howard B. Stroud Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 25.7%; this one comes in at 11.0%, -14.6 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Clarke County reports that median household earnings sit near $53,625, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Howard B. Stroud Elementary School is one of 22 public schools in Clarke County (combined enrollment of about 13,750 students).

The closest other public school is Fowler Drive Elementary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Howard B. Stroud Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

Howard B. Stroud Elementary School operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 18%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Howard B. Stroud Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.