Bradwell Institute

Set in Hinesville, Georgia, Bradwell Institute is a heavily attended 9-12 campus, overseen by Liberty County. It caters to 1,900 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 70% above typical.

Within Liberty County, which oversees 12 schools and 10,925 students, Bradwell Institute is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Bradwell Institute lists that the largest single group is Black, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 13% White, 9% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bradwell Institute tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Liberty County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,456 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Liberty County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,925 students), of which Bradwell Institute is one.

The closest other public school is Button Gwinnett Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bradwell Institute. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Bradwell Institute ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.6%.

Bradwell Institute operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Bradwell Institute's enrollment has ticked up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,670 (now 1,900). Over the same period, the White share declined from 20% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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