Tussahaw Elementary

Tussahaw Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in McDonough, Georgia, part of Henry County. Current enrollment sits at 886 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 46% above the state mean of about 605.

Tussahaw Elementary is one of 53 schools operated by Henry County, a district that works with 43,012 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Tussahaw Elementary reports that 78% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 52% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Henry County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Tussahaw Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.8%; actual is 19.7%, a gap of -17.1 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Henry County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,146 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Henry County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students), of which Tussahaw Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Bethlehem Elementary School, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tussahaw Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 22.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tussahaw Elementary has rose 17%, going from 756 students in 2018 to 886 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 12% to 4%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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