Sara Harp Minter Elementary School

Set in Fayetteville, Georgia, Sara Harp Minter Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary-level community, overseen by Fayette County. It educates 689 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Sara Harp Minter Elementary School is one of 24 schools operated by Fayette County, a district that instructs 19,800 students overall.

On demographics, Sara Harp Minter Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 28% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sara Harp Minter Elementary School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Sara Harp Minter Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.0%, the actual is 66.4%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Fayette County put median household income runs about $111,978, 50% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Fayette County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,375 students), Sara Harp Minter Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Whitewater High School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sara Harp Minter Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sara Harp Minter Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Sara Harp Minter Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 752 (now 689). The White share of enrollment edged down from 62% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.