Bacon County High School

Bacon County High School is one of the close-knit secondary schools in Alma, Georgia, operated by Bacon County, with 633 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 1,120.

Across the 4 schools in Bacon County (2,094 students total), Bacon County High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bacon County High School reports that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 17% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Bacon County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bacon County High School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 26.8%; actual is 64.1%, +37.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bacon County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $44,694 per year, about 10% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Bacon County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,094 students), Bacon County High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Bacon County Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bacon County High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.8%.

Bacon County High School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bacon County High School's enrollment has increased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 577 (now 633). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 67% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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