Lee Street Elementary School

Set in Jonesboro, Georgia, Lee Street Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, run under Clayton County. It instructs 515 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Lee Street Elementary School is one of 68 schools operated by Clayton County, a district that caters to 51,326 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lee Street Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 71% of enrollment; the rest reads as 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% White. Compared to Clayton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Lee Street Elementary School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. 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.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lee Street Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 25.7%; this one comes in at 9.6%, -16.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Clayton County reports that 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), Lee Street Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lee Street Elementary School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 24.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Lee Street Elementary School's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 603 (now 515).

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