Kemp Elementary School

Kemp Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Hampton, Georgia, part of Clayton County. Current enrollment sits at 586 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Across the 68 schools in Clayton County (51,326 students total), Kemp Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Kemp Elementary School logs that Black students make up the majority at 77%; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Kemp Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 27.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Clayton County shows median household earnings sit near $59,806, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Clayton County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students), Kemp Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Kemp Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Kemp Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Kemp Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 21.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Kemp Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 688 (now 586). Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

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