Rock Spring Elementary

Located at 1550 Stroud Rd, in McDonough, Georgia, Rock Spring Elementary is an average-sized elementary campus that instructs 654 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Henry County.

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

Demographically, Rock Spring Elementary logs that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 31% Black, 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Henry County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 51% of students at Rock Spring Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Henry County's rate of about 63%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rock Spring Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 38.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Henry County shows median household income runs about $83,146, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Henry County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students), Rock Spring Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is New Hope Elementary, roughly 2.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Rock Spring Elementary. On composite proficiency, Rock Spring Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 35.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Rock Spring Elementary's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 777 (now 654). White enrollment moved from 75% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Rock Spring Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.