Statham Elementary School

Statham Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in Statham, Georgia, one of the schools within Barrow County. Current enrollment sits at 776 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 28% above typical.

Barrow County runs 17 schools in total, collectively educating 15,313 students. Statham Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Statham Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 24% Hispanic, 15% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Statham Elementary School lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Statham Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 31.2%, a residual of -13.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Barrow County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,653, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Barrow County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,313 students), Statham Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Bear Creek Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Statham Elementary School at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Statham Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 835 (now 776). Over the same period, the White share fell from 59% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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