Pearl Stephens Elementary School

Pearl Stephens Elementary School, a small elementary-level community in Warner Robins, Georgia, overseen by Houston County, educates 436 students, covering grades 3 through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Pearl Stephens Elementary School sits 28% below that benchmark.

Pearl Stephens Elementary School is one of 38 schools operated by Houston County, a district that enrolls 30,939 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Pearl Stephens Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 67% of enrollment; the rest consists of 18% Hispanic, 9% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Houston County as a whole is about 32% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at Pearl Stephens Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Houston County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Pearl Stephens Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Houston County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,698, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Pearl Stephens Elementary School is one of 39 public schools in Houston County (combined enrollment of about 30,939 students).

C. B. Watson Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pearl Stephens Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pearl Stephens Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Pearl Stephens Elementary School's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 436). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 10% to 18% over that span.

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