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Enrollment
356
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIBB COUNTY·NCES 130042000201
Bernd Elementary School
4160 Ocmulgee East Blvd, Macon, GA 31217 · (478) 779-2730 · Bibb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
256 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
21.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.3pp since 2021
Math
25.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.2% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.4% | 18.7% |
| 2022-23 | 11.0% | 9.5% |
| 2021-22 | 12.9% | 15.5% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 40% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bernd Elementary School
Bernd Elementary School's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bernd Elementary School this school | 356 | 71.9% | 22.3% |
| Resurgence Hall Charter School East Point | 408 | 71.1% | N/A |
| Hartley Elementary School Macon | 385 | 75.8% | 11.5% |
| Burdell Elementary School Macon | 433 | 76.9% | 34.4% |
| Bruce Elementary School Macon | 411 | 79.1% | 15.5% |
| Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc Atlanta | 436 | 79.4% | N/A |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bernd Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bibb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #986 of 1,208 | #10 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #945 of 1,215 ▲ 119 | #10 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #976 of 1,215 ▲ 47 | #10 of 21 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.3pp | #163 of 1,183 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #1,169 of 1,324 | #21 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #395 of 1,301 | #2 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #1,101 of 1,301 | #14 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.9% | #811 of 1,312 | #12 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #234 of 854 | #4 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
356
-61 (-15%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 377
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 356 | 28.5 | 12.5:1 | 72% (256) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 29.5 | 13.8:1 | 76% (310) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 30.2 | 13.7:1 | 100% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 417 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 100% (417) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 26.5 | 16.8:1 | 99% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 99% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 473 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 94% (446) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 22 | 17.4:1 | 80% (306) |
| 1990-91 | 377 | 23 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bernd Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (445 to 356); teachers up 8% (26.5 to 28.5).
About Bernd Elementary School
Bernd Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Macon, Georgia. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 356 students. The average among elementary schools in Georgia is roughly 605 students; this school is 41% smaller than that.
Bibb County has a total of 35 schools and 21,334 students, Bernd Elementary School among them.
Bernd Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 85% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 8% White and 4% multiracial. In Bibb County overall, about 55% of residents are Black. By the diversity index, Bernd Elementary School comes in at 28%.
Teachers at the school number 28.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.5:1. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 72% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Bibb County, the school's rate is higher.
Bernd Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Georgia are predicted to post 40.2%, so the school is 17.9 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In the county around the school, Bibb County, median household income is about $51,234, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 20%. Bernd Elementary School is among the 41 public schools in Bibb County.
Macon Youth Development Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Bernd Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Bernd Elementary School saw enrollment fall 15% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.9:1 to 12.5:1 over the same years.
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Bibb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,578
Census ACS
Median income
$51,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
23,725 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bibb County
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 892 students
Other schools in Macon
- Academy For Classical EducationCombined · 1,808 students
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Macon Youth Development Campus1.3 mi · 36
- Macon Regional Youth Detention Center1.4 mi · 18
- Martin Luther King Jr Elementary School3.6 mi · 675
- Burdell Elementary School3.8 mi · 433
- Clifton Ridge Middle School4.7 mi · 482
- Alexander II Magnet School4.7 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Bernd Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bernd Elementary School?
Bernd Elementary School enrolls approximately 356 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bernd Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bernd Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bernd Elementary School have?
Bernd Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Bernd Elementary School?
Student demographics at Bernd Elementary School are roughly 8% White, 2% Hispanic, 85% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Bernd Elementary School public or private?
Bernd Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bibb County.
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