Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center

Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center is a rural-scale 9-12 campus in Claxton, Georgia, one of the schools within Department of Juvenile Justice. The school hosts 10 students in grades 5 through 12. That puts it 99% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Within Department of Juvenile Justice, which oversees 24 schools and 410 students, Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center lists that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 30% White. By comparison, Evans County as a whole is about 28% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center logs 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.0:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Evans County runs at roughly 100%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Evans County) records that the typical household earns roughly $53,259 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center is one of 5 public schools in Evans County (combined enrollment of about 1,752 students).

The closest other public school is Second Chance, roughly 2.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Claxton Regional Youth Detention Center's enrollment has grew 43% since 2018, when it stood at 7 (now 10). White enrollment moved from 57% to 30% across the same window.

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