Russell Elementary School

Russell Elementary School is a K-5 school of moderately sized scale in Warner Robins, Georgia, overseen by Houston County, enrolling 576 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

Looking at the student body, Russell Elementary School reports that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 28% White, 20% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 32% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at Russell Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Houston County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Russell Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 47.4%, a residual of +21.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Houston County put the typical household earns roughly $80,698 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Houston County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,939 students), Russell Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Shirley Hills Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Russell Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Russell Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Russell Elementary School has fell 20%, going from 719 students in 2018 to 576 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 14% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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