Smith-Barnes Elementary School

Located at 147 Tye St, in Stockbridge, Georgia, Smith-Barnes Elementary School is a close-knit elementary-level community that caters to 252 students (grades 4 through 5), one of the schools within Henry County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 58% smaller than typical.

Within Henry County, which oversees 53 schools and 43,012 students, Smith-Barnes Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Smith-Barnes Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% White.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Smith-Barnes Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Henry County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Smith-Barnes Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 25.5%, a residual of -7.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Henry County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,146 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Henry County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students), of which Smith-Barnes Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stockbridge Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Smith-Barnes Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 20.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Smith-Barnes Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 304 (now 252). Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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