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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123004324
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts
1821 Walt Stephens Rd, Jonesboro, GA 30236 · (678) 479-0101 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
518 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
41.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
45.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.9% | 45.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.2% | 43.7% |
| 2021-22 | 40.7% | 35.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts this school | 518 | 100.0% | 39.7% |
| Rock Chapel Elementary School Lithonia | 524 | 100.0% | 21.8% |
| Cedar Grove Elementary School Ellenwood | 531 | 100.0% | 19.4% |
| Redan Elementary School Lithonia | 525 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| Panola Way Elementary School Lithonia | 550 | 100.0% | 13.2% |
| Deer Chase Elementary School Hephzibah | 555 | 100.0% | 19.9% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #564 of 1,208 | #1 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #502 of 1,215 ▲ 223 | #2 of 37 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #424 of 1,215 ▲ 73 | #1 of 37 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.9pp | #322 of 1,183 | #19 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #814 of 1,324 | #25 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,242 of 1,301 | #35 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #1,087 of 1,301 | #36 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #112 of 1,312 | #37 of 41 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
518
+40 (+8%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 18.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 518 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 100% (518) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 28 | 18.3:1 | 68% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 508 | 27 | 18.8:1 | 91% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 478 | 26 | 18.4:1 | 93% (444) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts.
About Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of Jonesboro, Georgia. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 518 students in 2024-25.
The district, Clayton County, has 51,326 students enrolled across 68 schools.
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts is 84% Black by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. In Clayton County overall, about 69% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.
The school's 32 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1. Elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1, 2.8 fewer students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts outscored 72%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.7%) and its predicted rate (25.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
For Clayton County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $59,806, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. There are 73 public schools in the county, enrolling about 63,156, Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts among them.
M. D. Roberts Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts, the shortest distance to any other public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 29.8%; Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts's is 39.7%, ranking 2nd of 9.
NCES describes the area around Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 478 to 518, an 8% rise. Federal data show the ratio falling from 18.4:1 to 16.2:1.
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Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in Jonesboro
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
- Mount Zion High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Jonesboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- M. D. Roberts Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center forHigh · 887 students
Nearby schools
- M. D. Roberts Middle School0.1 mi · 894
- Suder Elementary School0.9 mi · 592
- Arnold Elementary School1.0 mi · 454
- Jonesboro Middle School1.0 mi · 895
- Elite Scholars Academy School1.4 mi · 757
- Lee Street Elementary School1.5 mi · 515
Frequently asked questions
About Kay R Pace Elementary School of the ArtsHow large is Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts?
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts enrolls approximately 518 students in grades PK-05.
Is Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts.
How diverse is Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts?
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts reports a student body of 2% White, 8% Hispanic, 84% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts?
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts is overseen by Clayton County in Clayton County.
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