Whitehead Road Elementary School

As a mid-sized elementary school in Athens, Georgia, Whitehead Road Elementary School instructs 632 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Clarke County.

Within Clarke County, which oversees 21 schools and 12,275 students, Whitehead Road Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whitehead Road Elementary School shows that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Black, 19% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Whitehead Road Elementary School records 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Clarke County's rate of about 91%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whitehead Road Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.2%; this one delivers 34.1%.

Around the school, census data for Clarke County shows median household income runs about $53,625, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Clarke County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,750 students), of which Whitehead Road Elementary School is one.

Foothills Regional High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Whitehead Road Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.8%.

Whitehead Road Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 26%: 852 students in 2018 compared to 632 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 38% to 33%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Whitehead Road Elementary School typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.