Cirrus Charter Academy

Cirrus Charter Academy is an elementary campus of compact scale in Macon, Georgia, run under State Specialty Schools II- Cirrus Charter Academy, enrolling 429 students in grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 29% smaller than typical.

State Specialty Schools II- Cirrus Charter Academy is the operating authority for Cirrus Charter Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cirrus Charter Academy reports that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder consists of 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Cirrus Charter Academy logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bibb County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Bibb County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,234 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. In all, Bibb County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students), of which Cirrus Charter Academy is one.

Ballard Hudson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cirrus Charter Academy.

The school occupies a metropolitan site. Cirrus Charter Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 438 students in 2018 compared to 429 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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