Morrow Elementary School

Set in Morrow, Georgia, Morrow Elementary School is an intimate elementary-level community, part of Clayton County. It teaches 406 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Morrow Elementary School is one of 68 schools operated by Clayton County, a district that instructs 51,326 students overall.

Demographically, Morrow Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 35% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Clayton County as a whole is about 69% Black, so the school skews considerably less Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Morrow Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Morrow Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Clayton County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morrow Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in Clayton County (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students).

Nearest neighbor: Haynie Elementary School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Morrow Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Morrow Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 24.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 30%: 577 students in 2018 compared to 406 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 27% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.