Lamar County Elementary School

Lamar County Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Barnesville, Georgia, operated by Lamar County. Current enrollment sits at 662 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Within Lamar County, which oversees 4 schools and 2,872 students, Lamar County Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lamar County Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 28% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Lamar County Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lamar County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,062, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Lamar County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,872 students), of which Lamar County Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lamar County Primary School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Lamar County Elementary School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Lamar County Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 611 (now 662). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 35% to 28%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

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