Baker County Elementary

Baker County Elementary is an elementary campus of rural-scale scale in Newton, Georgia, run under Baker County, caters to 138 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 77% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Baker County runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 287 students. Baker County Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Baker County Elementary lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 28% White, 11% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Baker County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Baker County Elementary lists 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, census data for Baker County shows the typical household earns roughly $46,012 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Baker County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 287 students), of which Baker County Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Baker County High School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Baker County Elementary.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

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