Cadwell RYDC

Cadwell RYDC is a rural-scale senior high in Cadwell, Georgia, one of the schools within Department of Juvenile Justice. The school works with 15 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 99% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Department of Juvenile Justice runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 410 students. Cadwell RYDC is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cadwell RYDC lists that 87% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder breaks down as 13% White. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Cadwell RYDC has 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.0:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 73% of students at Cadwell RYDC qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Laurens County's rate of about 91%.

Around the school, census data for Laurens County shows the typical household earns roughly $55,010 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Laurens County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,693 students), Cadwell RYDC is one campus in the mix.

Southwest Laurens Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a small-town site.

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