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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAYTON COUNTY·NCES 130123000498
West Clayton Elementary School
5580 Riverdale Rd, College Park, GA 30349 · (770) 994-4005 · Clayton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 4% of Georgia public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
464 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
11.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.8pp since 2021
Math
10.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.6% | 10.6% |
| 2023-24 | 11.1% | 11.7% |
| 2022-23 | 13.7% | 9.1% |
| 2021-22 | 7.8% | 6.9% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like West Clayton Elementary School
West Clayton Elementary School's state test result (10.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Clayton Elementary School this school | 464 | 100.0% | 10.9% |
| College Park Elementary College Park | 475 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
| Meadowbrook Elementary School Augusta | 447 | 100.0% | 13.5% |
| Fairington Elementary School Lithonia | 461 | 100.0% | 14.9% |
| Lee Elementary School College Park | 438 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
| Miles Elementary School Atlanta | 499 | 100.0% | 15.3% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where West Clayton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Clayton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.9% | #1,192 of 1,208 | #36 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.6% | #1,193 of 1,215 ▼ 15 | #35 of 37 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,183 of 1,215 ▲ 8 | #36 of 37 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #469 of 1,183 | #27 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #943 of 1,324 | #32 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,262 of 1,301 | #37 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.0% | #1,174 of 1,301 | #39 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #94 of 1,312 | #19 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #162 of 854 | #14 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
464
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-53% since 1990-91, when it was 983
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 464 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 100% (464) |
| 2023-24 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 100% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 30 | 16.3:1 | 90% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 93% (423) |
| 2017-18 | 612 | 38.5 | 15.9:1 | 100% (609) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 30 | 19.8:1 | 99% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 93% (424) |
| 2000-01 | 998 | 44 | 22.7:1 | 79% (790) |
| 1990-91 | 983 | 48 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Clayton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (612 to 464); teachers down 27% (38.5 to 28).
About West Clayton Elementary School
West Clayton Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in College Park, Georgia, (ZIP code 30349). There are 464 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.
West Clayton Elementary School is among 68 schools run by Clayton County, which serves 51,326 students.
Black students account for 88% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 69%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 22%.
There are 28 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.6:1. Compared with the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, West Clayton Elementary School outscored 4%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
West Clayton Elementary School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 14.7 points (10.9% versus 25.7%), a bottom-10% result in Georgia on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Clayton County, where median household income comes to about $59,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clayton County counts 73 public schools with about 63,156 students.
Among nearby public schools, North Clayton High School is closest at about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 23.3%, higher than West Clayton Elementary School's 10.9%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 455 to 464. The ratio was 14.7:1 in 2020-21 and 16.6:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for West Clayton Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Clayton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,924
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
73
63,156 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clayton County
- Morrow High SchoolHigh · 2,077 students
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 2,049 students
- Forest Park High SchoolHigh · 1,711 students
- Charles R. Drew High SchoolHigh · 1,708 students
- Mundy's Mill High SchoolHigh · 1,665 students
- Jonesboro High SchoolHigh · 1,630 students
Other schools in College Park
- Banneker High SchoolHigh · 1,695 students
- North Clayton High SchoolHigh · 1,124 students
- Main Street Charter AcademyElementary · 817 students
- North Clayton Middle SchoolMiddle · 817 students
- Nolan Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- McNair Middle SchoolMiddle · 727 students
Other West Clayton Elementary schools
One other US public school is named West Clayton Elementary. West Clayton Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- West Clayton ElementaryClayton, NC · 742 students
Nearby schools
- North Clayton High School0.6 mi · 1,124
- North Clayton Middle School1.0 mi · 817
- Northcutt Elementary School1.0 mi · 618
- Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School1.1 mi · 516
- Georgia Cyber Academy (Virtual)1.2 mi · 9,952
- Dubois Integrity Academy1.9 mi · 1,341
Frequently asked questions
About West Clayton Elementary SchoolHow large is West Clayton Elementary School?
West Clayton Elementary School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does West Clayton Elementary School serve?
West Clayton Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does West Clayton Elementary School have?
West Clayton Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at West Clayton Elementary School?
Student demographics at West Clayton Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 8% Hispanic, 88% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is West Clayton Elementary School public or private?
West Clayton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clayton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.