Kemp Primary

At 1090 McDonough Rd in Hampton, Georgia, Kemp Primary operates as a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 2 attend the school, which enrolls 626 students.

Kemp Primary is one of the 68 schools that make up Clayton County (51,326 students in total).

At Kemp Primary, Black students make up 77% of the student body. After that, the student body is 16% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's diversity index is 38%, meaning two students picked at random have a 38% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

The teaching staff at Kemp Primary is 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 100% of students, or 626, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Census estimates describe Clayton County this way: the median household income is $59,806, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. In all, Clayton County has 73 public schools and roughly 63,156 students.

The next-closest public school is Kemp Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

NCES assigns Kemp Primary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The school enrolled 626 students in 2024-25, 47 fewer than the 673 it had in 2017-18. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.5:1 to 14.2:1.

The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Kemp Primary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.