Bacon County Elementary School

Bacon County Elementary School is one of the tight-knit elementary-level communitys in Alma, Georgia, operated by Bacon County, with 448 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. That puts it 26% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Bacon County Elementary School is one of 4 schools operated by Bacon County, a district that caters to 2,094 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Bacon County Elementary School reports that 57% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 26% Black, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Bacon County Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bacon County Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 25.7%; Bacon County Elementary School posts 51.3%, +25.6 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bacon County put median household income runs about $44,694, roughly 10% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Bacon County Elementary School is one of 4 public schools in Bacon County (combined enrollment of about 2,094 students).

Bacon County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bacon County Elementary School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 448 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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