Bleckley County Elementary School

Bleckley County Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in Cochran, Georgia, run under Bleckley County, with 579 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5.

Bleckley County Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Bleckley County, a district that works with 2,581 students overall.

Demographically, Bleckley County Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest looks like 21% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Bleckley County Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bleckley County Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 29.4%; Bleckley County Elementary School posts 59.1%, +29.7 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bleckley County shows median household earnings sit near $62,008, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Bleckley County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,581 students), of which Bleckley County Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Bleckley County High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Bleckley County Elementary School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.7%.

Bleckley County Elementary School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Bleckley County Elementary School's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 589 (now 579). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 28% to 21%.

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