Unity Grove Elementary School

Unity Grove Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Locust Grove, Georgia, run under Henry County. Current enrollment sits at 882 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Unity Grove Elementary School sits 46% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 53 schools in Henry County (43,012 students total), Unity Grove Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Unity Grove Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Black (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 32% White, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Unity Grove Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Unity Grove Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Henry County) logs that 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%. Across Henry County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 43,102 students), Unity Grove Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Locust Grove High, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Unity Grove Elementary School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Unity Grove Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 31.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 794 students in 2018 compared to 882 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 71% to 32%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Unity Grove Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.