Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center

Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center, an one-room-style secondary school in Nashville, Georgia, one of the schools within Berrien County, caters to 61 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 95% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Across the 5 schools in Berrien County (3,061 students total), Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center reports that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 46.9:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 30.8%; this one delivers 56.8%, a residual of +26.0 points.

Across the wider county, Berrien County reports that the typical household earns roughly $52,876 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Berrien County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,061 students), of which Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center is one.

The closest other public school is Berrien Middle School, roughly 1.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 44.9%.

Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center operates from a small-town location. Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 64 students in 2018 compared to 61 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 89% to 80% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 29.1:1 in 2018 to 46.9:1 today.

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