Bleckley Middle School

Located at 590 Ga Highway 26 E, in Cochran, Georgia, Bleckley Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school that educates 550 students (grades 6 through 8), one of the schools within Bleckley County. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 763.

Bleckley County runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,581 students. Bleckley Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Bleckley Middle School logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 23% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Bleckley Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Bleckley Middle School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.3%; actual is 54.8%, +21.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Bleckley County put 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%. Across Bleckley County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,581 students), Bleckley Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Bleckley County Success Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bleckley Middle School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

Bleckley Middle School operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Bleckley Middle School's enrollment has grew 8% since 2018, when it stood at 509 (now 550).

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