Mount Carmel Elementary School

Mount Carmel Elementary School is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in Hampton, Georgia, operated by Henry County, with 547 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Henry County runs 53 schools in total, collectively educating 43,012 students. Mount Carmel Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Mount Carmel Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 14% White, 7% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Henry County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mount Carmel Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Henry County) shows that median household income runs about $83,146, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Henry County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students), of which Mount Carmel Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Dutchtown Elementary School, roughly 2.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mount Carmel Elementary School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 27.3%.

Mount Carmel Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 607 students in 2018 compared to 547 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 29% to 14% across the same window.

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