Pointe South Elementary School

Pointe South Elementary School is a compact elementary-level community in Riverdale, Georgia, run under Clayton County. The school teaches 508 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, Pointe South Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Clayton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Pointe South Elementary School records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Pointe South Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Pointe South Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 13.9%, a residual of -11.8 points.

In the broader community, Clayton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Clayton County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students), Pointe South Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Pointe South Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Pointe South Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Pointe South Elementary School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 20.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 712 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 82% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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