Bainbridge High School

As a moderately sized secondary school in Bainbridge, Georgia, Bainbridge High School instructs 1,192 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Decatur County.

Across the 6 schools in Decatur County (4,178 students total), Bainbridge High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Bainbridge High School logs that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 35% White, 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bainbridge High School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 26.3%; actual is 63.9%, +37.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Decatur County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,317 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Bainbridge High School is one of 7 public schools in Decatur County (combined enrollment of about 4,652 students).

Spring Creek Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bainbridge High School comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.0%.

Bainbridge High School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Bainbridge High School's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 1,484 (now 1,192). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 39% to 35%. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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