Morrow High School

Morrow High School is a secondary school of large scale in Ellenwood, Georgia, part of Clayton County, serveing 2,077 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Morrow High School sits 85% larger than that benchmark.

Clayton County comprises 68 schools with combined enrollment of 51,326 students; Morrow High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Morrow High School shows that 67% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 2% multiracial. Compared to Clayton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Morrow High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Morrow High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Morrow High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.4%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Clayton County indicate median household earnings sit near $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Clayton County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students), of which Morrow High School is one.

East Clayton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Morrow High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Morrow High School at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 23.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 14%: 1,829 students in 2018 compared to 2,077 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 22% across the same window.

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