Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School

Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School is a cozy middle-grades school in Ellenwood, Georgia, operated by Clayton County. The school enrolls 315 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 59% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%). The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 69% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages around 14.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clayton County runs at roughly 92%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Clayton County indicate median household income runs about $59,806, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Clayton County's 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students), Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School.

Utopian Academy for the Arts Middle School operates from an outer-ring location.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.