Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School

Located at 2750 Forest Pkwy, in Ellenwood, Georgia, Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School is an intimate elementary campus that hosts 317 students (grades K through 5), overseen by Clayton County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 48% below typical.

Clayton County runs 68 schools in total, collectively educating 51,326 students. Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Black. The remainder breaks down as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Clayton County as a whole is about 69% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible 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), Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Clayton County shows median household earnings sit near $59,806, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School is one of 73 public schools in Clayton County (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students).

Nearest neighbor: Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 22.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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