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Baconton Community Charter School
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About Baconton Community Charter School
Baconton Community Charter School is one of the mid-sized K-12 campuss in Baconton, Georgia, run under State Specialty Schools II- Baconton Community Charter Sch, with 941 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 28% larger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 738 students.
Baconton Community Charter School is a school of State Specialty Schools II- Baconton Community Charter Sch, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Baconton Community Charter School shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 17% Black, 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 46% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Baconton Community Charter School has 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting Baconton Community Charter School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 88% of students at Baconton Community Charter School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Mitchell County) logs that median household income runs about $57,613, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. Across Mitchell County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,390 students), Baconton Community Charter School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Mitchell County Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.
The campus sits in a small-town setting. Baconton Community Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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