Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center

As a rural-scale senior high in Rome, Georgia, Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center educates 14 students from grades 5 through 12, one of the schools within Department of Juvenile Justice. Enrollment runs roughly 99% leaner than the state mean of about 1,120.

Across the 24 schools in Department of Juvenile Justice (410 students total), Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center logs that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 36% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Floyd County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Floyd County (around 75%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Floyd County put median household earnings sit near $65,565, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center is one of 25 public schools in Floyd County (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students).

The closest other public school is West Central Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Bob Richards Regional Youth Detention Center's enrollment has increased 56% since 2018, when it stood at 9 (now 14). Hispanic enrollment moved from 0% to 7% across the same window.

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