Yargo Elementary School

Yargo Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school in Winder, Georgia, run under Barrow County. The school educates 782 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Yargo Elementary School sits 29% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 17 schools in Barrow County (15,313 students total), Yargo Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Yargo Elementary School lists that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 25% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 65% of students at Yargo Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Yargo Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.9%; this one delivers 30.2%.

Around the school, Barrow County reports that median household earnings sit near $80,653, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Barrow County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,313 students), Yargo Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Haymon-Morris Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Yargo Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Yargo Elementary School has fell 7%, going from 839 students in 2018 to 782 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 59% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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