South Atlanta News

There were 40,643 Black students enrolled in Clayton County school in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Clayton County welcomed 61,644 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 65.9% 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 2022-23 school year, with a total of 4,846 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.

School name	% of Black Students	Total Black Students	Total enrollment
Dubois Integrity Academy	92%	1,153	1,254
West Clayton Elementary School	89%	376	423
Utopian Academy for the Arts Charter School	87%	312	359
Utopian Academy for the Arts Elementary School	87%	179	206
North Clayton Middle School	86%	654	761
River's Edge Elementary School	86%	543	632
Martin Luther King- Jr. Elementary School	86%	469	546
7 Pillars Career Academy	85%	168	198
Kay R Pace Elementary School of the Arts	84%	420	500
North Clayton High School	83%	1,009	1,216
Lovejoy High School	82%	1,693	2,065
Eddie White Middle School	81%	1,172	1,448
Michelle Obama STEM Elementary Academy	81%	788	973
Northcutt Elementary School	81%	516	638
Mundy's Mill High School	80%	1,281	1,602
Brown Elementary School	80%	518	648
James Jackson Elementary School	79%	470	596
Kemp Primary	78%	447	574
Martha Ellen Stilwell School for the Performing Arts	78%	367	471
Callaway Elementary School	77%	531	690
Church Street Elementary School	77%	488	635
Kemp Elem School	77%	486	632
East Clayton Elementary School	77%	460	598
Mundys Mill Middle School	76%	570	750
Pointe South Middle School	75%	571	762
Riverdale Middle School	75%	498	665
Swint Elementary School	75%	428	571
Oliver Elementary School	75%	393	524
Pointe South Elementary School	75%	368	491
M. D. Roberts Middle School	74%	616	833
Riverdale High School	73%	919	1,260
Kendrick Middle School	73%	515	706
Perry Career Academy - Eula Wilburn Ponds Perry Center for	70%	729	1,042
Hawthorne Elementary School	70%	562	803
Suder Elementary School	70%	403	576
Mount Zion Elementary School	70%	364	521
Lee Street Elementary School	70%	351	502
Thurgood Marshall Elementary School	69%	526	763
Adamson Middle School	69%	380	551
Roberta T. Smith Elementary School	68%	520	766
Morrow High School	67%	1,248	1,864
Jonesboro High School	67%	1,003	1,498
Sequoyah Middle School	67%	554	827
Mount Zion High School	66%	776	1,177
Rex Mill Middle School	66%	645	978
Elite Scholars Academy School	65%	438	674
Mount Zion Primary	65%	334	515
Arnold Elementary School	65%	276	425
Harper Elementary School	64%	426	667
Riverdale Elementary School	64%	392	614
William M. McGarrah Elementary School	64%	382	598
Tara Elementary School	63%	352	559
Lake Ridge Elementary School	63%	292	464
Charles R. Drew High School	60%	953	1,589
Jonesboro Middle School	59%	574	974
Morrow Middle School	56%	442	791
Huie Elementary School	56%	334	597
Edmonds Elementary School	56%	259	463
Anderson Elementary School	55%	264	481
Fountain Elementary School	54%	266	494
Georgia Cyber Academy	50%	4,846	9,692
Forest Park Middle School	49%	332	679
Morrow Elementary School	48%	201	419
Kilpatrick Elementary School	45%	283	629
Forest Park High School	40%	678	1,695
Haynie Elementary School	38%	286	755
Babb Middle School	36%	330	917
Lake City Elementary School	36%	177	494
Unidos Dual Language School	24%	87	364