Western Elementary School

Western Elementary School is a primary school of cozy scale in Newnan, Georgia, run under Coweta County, hosting 455 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Across the 29 schools in Coweta County (23,064 students total), Western Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Western Elementary School records that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest comes out to 25% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Coweta County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Western Elementary School lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Coweta County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Western Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.6%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Coweta County shows the typical household earns roughly $95,548 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Coweta County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,423 students), of which Western Elementary School is one.

Smokey Road Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Western Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Western Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.3%.

Western Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 5%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 37% to 25%.

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