Winterville Elementary School

Winterville Elementary School is a primary school of low-enrollment scale in Winterville, Georgia, one of the schools within Clarke County, educateing 343 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 43% leaner than typical.

Across the 21 schools in Clarke County (12,275 students total), Winterville Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Winterville Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Black at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 36% Hispanic, 19% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Winterville Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Winterville Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.0%, the actual is 28.6%, a residual of -0.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Clarke County put median household earnings sit near $53,625, about 47% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Clarke County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,750 students), Winterville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Coile Middle School, around 1.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Winterville Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Winterville Elementary School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 21.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Winterville Elementary School's enrollment has declined 29% since 2018, when it stood at 480 (now 343). Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.