Bacon County Primary School

Bacon County Primary School operates as an average-sized primary school in Alma, Georgia, operated by Bacon County. Current enrollment sits at 551 students spanning grades pre-K through 2.

Bacon County comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,094 students; Bacon County Primary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Bacon County Primary School logs that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Black, 19% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Bacon County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bacon County indicate 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 Primary School is one of 4 public schools in Bacon County (combined enrollment of about 2,094 students).

Bacon County Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 6%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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