Kay Road Elementary

Kay Road Elementary is a compact primary school in Byron, Georgia, one of the schools within Peach County. The school caters to 512 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in Peach County (3,980 students total), Kay Road Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Kay Road Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 27% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Kay Road Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 32.5%.

Across the wider county, Peach County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,293 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kay Road Elementary is one of 7 public schools in Peach County (combined enrollment of about 3,980 students).

Byron Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Kay Road Elementary. On composite proficiency, Kay Road Elementary comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.7%.

Kay Road Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 584 students in 2018 compared to 512 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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