William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School

Set in Canton, Georgia, William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary-level community, part of Cherokee County. It instructs 1,119 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 85% larger than the state mean of about 605.

William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School is one of 37 schools operated by Cherokee County, a district that caters to 42,031 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 24% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School reports 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cherokee County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Cherokee County) records that median household earnings sit near $108,115, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School is one of 38 public schools in Cherokee County (combined enrollment of about 42,642 students).

Cherokee High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.4%.

William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. William G. Hasty- Sr. Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 919 (now 1,119).

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