Bernd Elementary School

Bernd Elementary School is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in Macon, Georgia, one of the schools within Bibb County, enrolling 356 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 605.

Across the 35 schools in Bibb County (21,334 students total), Bernd Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Bernd Elementary School reports that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 8% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bibb County as a whole is about 55% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Bernd Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bibb County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Bernd Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 40.2%; this one comes in at 22.3%, -17.9 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Bibb County put median household earnings sit near $51,234, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. In all, Bibb County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students), of which Bernd Elementary School is one.

Macon Youth Development Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bernd Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 29.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Bernd Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 20% since 2018, when it stood at 445 (now 356). Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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