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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIBB COUNTY·NCES 130042003744
Bruce Elementary School
3660 Houston Ave, Macon, GA 31206 · (478) 779-4558 · Bibb County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
325 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
12.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +6.0pp since 2021
Math
15.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.7% | 15.2% |
| 2023-24 | 12.5% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 9.1% | 8.3% |
| 2021-22 | 6.7% | 11.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 36% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bruce Elementary School
Bruce Elementary School's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruce Elementary School this school | 411 | 79.1% | 15.5% |
| Burdell Elementary School Macon | 433 | 76.9% | 34.4% |
| Oakland Elementary School McDonough | 462 | 76.4% | 18.5% |
| Ivy Preparatory Academy- Inc Atlanta | 436 | 79.4% | N/A |
| Ingram/Pye Elementary School Macon | 450 | 81.6% | 9.5% |
| Mitchell County Primary School Camilla | 343 | 84.3% | N/A |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bruce Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bibb County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,136 of 1,208 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #1,146 of 1,215 ▲ 44 | #15 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #1,176 of 1,215 ▼ 4 | #16 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #371 of 1,183 | #8 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #1,072 of 1,324 | #18 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,025 of 1,301 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #1,032 of 1,301 | #12 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #731 of 1,312 | #5 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #541 of 854 | #9 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
411
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 17.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 411 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 79% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 417 | 29.5 | 14.1:1 | 91% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 100% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 100% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 26.9 | 16.9:1 | 99% (451) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 99% (465) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 28 | 16.7:1 | 99% (464) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bruce Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (455 to 411); teachers up 4% (26.9 to 28).
About Bruce Elementary School
Bruce Elementary School is one of the public schools in Macon, Georgia. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment totals 411 students across pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.
Bibb County (35 schools, 21,334 students) runs Bruce Elementary School.
Black students account for 81% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% White. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.
For every teacher at Bruce Elementary School, there are about 14.7 students; the school has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. There are 325 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 79% of enrollment. Compared with the 61% average for public schools in Bibb County, the school's rate is higher.
Bruce Elementary School is 21.0 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Georgia.
The school is in Bibb County, where the median household earns about $51,234 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 20%. Bruce Elementary School shares Bibb County with 40 other public schools.
A public school about 1.4 miles away, Southwest High School, is the closest to Bruce Elementary School. Bruce Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Bruce Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Bruce Elementary School enrolled 421; in 2024-25, 411. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.7:1) than in 2020-21 (17.5:1).
The allk12 page for Bruce Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Bibb County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
156,578
Census ACS
Median income
$51,234
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
23,725 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bibb County
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 892 students
Other schools in Macon
- Academy For Classical EducationCombined · 1,808 students
- Howard High SchoolHigh · 1,145 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,013 students
- Howard Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Rutland High SchoolHigh · 921 students
- Weaver Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Other Bruce Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Bruce Elementary. Bruce Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Bruce ElementaryMemphis, TN · 448 students
- Bruce ElementaryBRUCE, MS · 316 students
- Bruce Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 285 students
- Bruce ElementaryMilwaukee, WI · 270 students
- Bruce ElementaryBruce, WI · 199 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest High School1.4 mi · 860
- Ballard Hudson Middle School1.4 mi · 671
- Ingram/Pye Elementary School1.5 mi · 450
- Cirrus Charter Academy1.9 mi · 429
- Hartley Elementary School2.2 mi · 385
- Alexander II Magnet School2.4 mi · 465
Frequently asked questions
About Bruce Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bruce Elementary School?
Bruce Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bruce Elementary School serve?
Bruce Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Bruce Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Bruce Elementary School.
How diverse is Bruce Elementary School?
Bruce Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 9% Hispanic, 81% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is Bruce Elementary School in?
Bruce Elementary School is part of Bibb County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.