William M. Mcgarrah Elementary School
2201 Lake Harbin Rd
Morrow GA, 30260, Clayton County
Phone: 770-968-2910
Ranking: 
(1,336 out of 1,747, bottom 24%)*
(1,336 out of 1,747, bottom 24%)*Type: Regular Primary School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Clayton County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 42 | 39 | 44 | 45 | 47 | 49 | 50 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 711 | 688 | 670 | 654 | 612 | 633 | 652 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 30 | 4.2% | 30 | 4.4% | 27 | 4.0% | 23 | 3.5% | 28 | 4.6% | 27 | 4.3% | 26 | 4.0% |
| Kindergarten: | 113 | 15.9% | 132 | 19.2% | 106 | 15.8% | 121 | 18.5% | 109 | 17.8% | 106 | 16.7% | 85 | 13.0% |
| Grade 1: | 144 | 20.3% | 109 | 15.8% | 126 | 18.8% | 111 | 17.0% | 104 | 17.0% | 88 | 13.9% | 108 | 16.6% |
| Grade 2: | 111 | 15.6% | 116 | 16.9% | 124 | 18.5% | 98 | 15.0% | 81 | 13.2% | 108 | 17.1% | 106 | 16.3% |
| Grade 3: | 111 | 15.6% | 111 | 16.1% | 103 | 15.4% | 102 | 15.6% | 93 | 15.2% | 88 | 13.9% | 95 | 14.6% |
| Grade 4: | 109 | 15.3% | 100 | 14.5% | 87 | 13.0% | 96 | 14.7% | 98 | 16.0% | 98 | 15.5% | 126 | 19.3% |
| Grade 5: | 93 | 13.1% | 90 | 13.1% | 97 | 14.5% | 103 | 15.7% | 99 | 16.2% | 118 | 18.6% | 106 | 16.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 371 | 52.2% | 357 | 51.9% | 353 | 52.7% | 339 | 51.8% | 328 | 53.6% | 302 | 47.7% | 311 | 47.7% |
| Female: | 340 | 47.8% | 331 | 48.1% | 317 | 47.3% | 315 | 48.2% | 284 | 46.4% | 290 | 45.8% | 303 | 46.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 5 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 85 | 12.0% | 89 | 12.9% | 93 | 13.9% | 90 | 13.8% | 78 | 12.7% | 80 | 12.6% | 80 | 12.3% |
| Hispanic: | 145 | 20.4% | 143 | 20.8% | 137 | 20.4% | 138 | 21.1% | 126 | 20.6% | 111 | 17.5% | 107 | 16.4% |
| Black: | 410 | 57.7% | 387 | 56.3% | 371 | 55.4% | 361 | 55.2% | 352 | 57.5% | 372 | 58.8% | 386 | 59.2% |
| White: | 36 | 5.1% | 38 | 5.5% | 35 | 5.2% | 36 | 5.5% | 27 | 4.4% | 37 | 5.8% | 45 | 6.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 30 | 4.2% | 28 | 4.1% | 31 | 4.6% | 26 | 4.0% | 25 | 4.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 708 | 99.6% | 582 | 84.6% | 571 | 85.2% | 525 | 80.3% | 448 | 73.2% | 479 | 75.7% | 450 | 69.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 49 | 7.1% | 48 | 7.2% | 48 | 7.3% | 65 | 10.6% | 57 | 9.0% | 77 | 11.8% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.09 | 17.87 | 15.23 | 14.53 | 13.02 | 13.10 | 13.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 63.1% | 68% | 80% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 69.9% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 76.2% | 77.2% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 77.4% | 84% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 74% | 81.5% | 87% |
| 2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 82.3% | 90% |
| 2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 70.6% | 82.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 80% | 78.8% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 80.7% | 81.3% | 87% |
| 2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 72% | 80.4% | 85% |
| 2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 78.1% | 87% |
| 2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 80.3% | 90.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 84.5% | 90.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 87% | 90.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 83% | 90.6% | 93% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 71.9% | 71.9% | 83% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 73.7% | 72% | 83.7% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 77.2% | 73.2% | 84.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 84.5% | 79.9% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 79.8% | 85% |
| 2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 82.6% | 76.3% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 69.3% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 76.2% | 85.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 80.1% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 81.7% | 86% |
| 2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 80.7% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 85.2% | 91.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 92.1% | 86.1% | 92% |
| 2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 91.7% | 87.8% | 91.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 87.6% | 91% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 74.8% | 82% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 75.7% | 85.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.9% | 79.6% | 87.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 77.5% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 82.8% | 88% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 83.9% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.4% | 82% | 91% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.7% | 79.0% | 88.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88% | 86.2% | 91% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 83.5% | 90.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 55% | 70.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.6% | 66.8% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 73.8% | 79% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.2% | 72.6% | 81.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66% | 68% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 64.6% | 78.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 72.2% | 82% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.5% | 72% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 78.4% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 79% | 88% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 84.9% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 85.7% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81% | 82.3% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.4% | 84.5% | 92.1% |
| 2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.5% | 73.6% | 85% |
| 2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44% | 50% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 55.1% | 58.3% | 74.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.9% | 64.9% | 79.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80% | 70% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 68.2% | 80.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 62.3% | 64% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.0% | 64.9% | 78.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 81.6% | 88% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 79.2% | 88.6% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 79.7% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.3% | 63.2% | 76.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 69.5% | 79% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 76.3% | 68% | 81% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 63.2% | 68.2% | 81% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.9% | 69.5% | 83.4% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.8% | 67.4% | 79% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 74.8% | 71.8% | 84.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.1% | 75.7% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 77.4% | 86.9% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.7% | 81.7% | 87% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 92.3% | 82.7% | 88% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.8% | 84% | 90% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 83.9% | 90.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.5% | 68.1% | 79% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 63.6% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 31.1% | 53.1% | 70% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 61.5% | 74.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.1% | 66.6% | 77% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 70.5% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 75% | 69.5% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.4% | 74.6% | 84.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 63.8% | 67.8% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 71.7% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.9% | 77.4% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.4% | 77.3% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 82.2% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 79.5% | 87.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.2% | 82.6% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 91.3% | 87.0% | 92.5% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 76.6% | 88% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 41.8% | 48.2% | 71.9% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.9% | 51.8% | 73.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 61.4% | 58.4% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.2% | 63.9% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.2% | 63.1% | 79% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.7% | 71.4% | 81% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 74.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 81.2% | 90% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 76.3% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 73.8% | 80.7% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.3% | 50% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 51.4% | 56.9% | 74% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 57.1% | 57.8% | 77.4% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 64.5% | 79% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 68.7% | 81.3% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 76.2% | 85% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 88% | 80.3% | 87.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.9% | 84.7% | 89.9% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 85.5% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 99% | 89.2% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 89.3% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.1% | 91% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 95.9% | 90.9% | 94.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.6% | 82.1% | 88% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87% | 81.9% | 88.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81% | 59.4% | 71.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.1% | 71% | 79.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 76.1% | 82% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 79.9% | 86.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.6% | 74.3% | 84% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 97.2% | 84.2% | 89.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 70.2% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84% | 76.3% | 85.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89% | 79.4% | 87.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.6% | 79.2% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.1% | 84% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 82.8% | 90.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 85.7% | 91% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.5% | 89.4% | 92.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 80.3% | 89% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 36% | 46.7% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 53.1% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 64.3% | 62.4% | 76% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 64.7% | 77% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.4% | 60.3% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.9% | 70.6% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.0% | 73.3% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 84.4% | 91% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 86% | 81.2% | 88.4% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 81.6% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 51.7% | 57.2% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 56.3% | 72% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 67.4% | 49.7% | 71.3% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 65.1% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 77.8% | 69.0% | 80.5% |
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* William M. Mcgarrah Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.