William M. McGarrah Elementary School

Set in Morrow, Georgia, William M. McGarrah Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary campus, operated by Clayton County. It enrolls 658 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Clayton County runs 68 schools in total, collectively educating 51,326 students. William M. McGarrah Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, William M. McGarrah Elementary School shows that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial, 2% White. That is noticeably less Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting William M. McGarrah Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, William M. McGarrah Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 25.5%.

In the broader community, Clayton County reports that 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%. In all, Clayton County runs 73 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,156 students), of which William M. McGarrah Elementary School is one.

Forest Park Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William M. McGarrah Elementary School. On composite proficiency, William M. McGarrah Elementary School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. William M. McGarrah Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 747 (now 658). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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