Enrollment Analysis: Black students comprised 65.1% of Clayton County’s student body during 2023-24 school year

Richard Woods State School Superintendent
Richard Woods State School Superintendent
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There were 39,456 Black students enrolled in Clayton County school in the 2023-24 school year, 2.9% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Clayton County welcomed 60,585 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 65.1% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 69 schools in Clayton County, Georgia Cyber Academy recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 4,818 students.

As of 2024, Georgia has an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 1:15, which is better than the national average of 1:16. The state has its best student-to-teacher ratio of 14:1 in pre-kindergarten and middle school grades, while high school has an average ratio of 17:1.

Ethnicities in Clayton County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment Demographics in Clayton County During 2023-24 School Year

School name % of Black Students Total Black Students Total enrollment
Dubois Integrity Academy 92% 1,228 1,335
7 Pillars Career Academy 88% 210 239
West Clayton Elementary School 87% 325 374
Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School 87% 226 260
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School 86% 442 514
North Clayton Middle School 85% 660 777
River’s Edge Elementary School 85% 538 634
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts 85% 422 497
Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School 85% 294 346
North Clayton High School 83% 927 1,118
Lovejoy High School 82% 1,649 2,012
Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy 81% 730 902
Brown Elementary School 80% 542 678
Northcutt Elementary School 80% 476 595
Mundy’s Mill High School 79% 1,260 1,596
Mundys Mill Middle School 79% 536 679
Eddie White Middle School 78% 1,065 1,366
James Jackson Elementary School 78% 487 625
East Clayton Elementary School 78% 482 619
Callaway Elementary School 77% 501 651
Kemp Primary 77% 476 619
Kemp Elem School 77% 462 600
Oliver Elementary School 77% 366 476
Pointe South Middle School 76% 556 732
Church Street Elementary School 76% 491 647
Riverdale Middle School 75% 460 614
Pointe South Elementary School 75% 388 518
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts 75% 345 460
M. D. Roberts Middle School 74% 620 839
Riverdale High School 73% 906 1,242
Suder Elementary School 71% 393 554
Swint Elementary School 71% 384 541
Mount Zion Primary 71% 380 536
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School 70% 550 787
Adamson Middle School 70% 354 506
Jonesboro High School 69% 1,008 1,461
Kendrick Middle School 69% 451 655
Mount Zion Elementary School 69% 364 528
Lee Street Elementary School 69% 350 508
Rex Mill Middle School 68% 624 918
Hawthorne Elementary School 67% 529 791
Sequoyah Middle School 67% 507 758
Arnold Elementary School 67% 276 412
Morrow High School 66% 1,271 1,927
Mount Zion High School 66% 748 1,134
Elite Scholars Academy School 65% 466 718
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School 65% 466 717
Harper Elementary School 65% 425 654
Perry Career Academy – Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for 64% 662 1,035
Riverdale Elementary School 64% 347 543
William M. McGarrah Elementary School 61% 366 601
Tara Elementary School 61% 330 542
Lake Ridge Elementary School 61% 272 446
Jonesboro Middle School 59% 522 886
Charles R. Drew High School 58% 926 1,598
Edmonds Elementary School 58% 249 430
Anderson Elementary School 55% 240 437
Morrow Middle School 52% 397 764
Huie Elementary School 52% 297 573
Georgia Cyber Academy 49% 4,818 9,833
Forest Park Middle School 49% 310 634
Fountain Elementary School 49% 207 423
Morrow Elementary School 48% 197 412
Kilpatrick Elementary School 45% 275 612
Forest Park High School 38% 631 1,661
Haynie Elementary School 36% 270 751
Babb Middle School 33% 296 899
Lake City Elementary School 32% 144 453
Unidos Dual Language School 22% 84 383


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