Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School

Students in Ellenwood, Georgia, attend Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School, a low-enrollment middle-grades school. School enrollment was 372 students in 2023-24, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Georgia is roughly 763 students; this school is 51% smaller than that.

Federal records list Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School as its own district.

Black students are the large majority at Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School, with 85% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 10% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. In Clayton County overall, about 69% of residents are Black. Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

The count of teachers at Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School is 26 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Georgia is 14.1:1, lower than at this school. Around 60% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Clayton County, the average is 92%.

Clayton County has these Census figures: median household income is about $59,806, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School is among the 73 public schools in Clayton County.

The closest public school, Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School, is less than a tenth of a mile from Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools.

The NCES locale for Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School is a public charter school.

Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School reported 251 students in 2017-18 and 372 in 2023-24. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over that span, the Black share moved 9 points, to 85%. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.7:1 to 14.3:1.

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