Georgia Academy for the Blind

Located at 2895 Vineville Ave, in Macon, Georgia, Georgia Academy for the Blind is a minimally staffed K-12 campus that works with 100 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under State Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 86% smaller than the state mean of about 738.

State Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 273 students; Georgia Academy for the Blind is among them.

Looking at the student body, Georgia Academy for the Blind records that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 43% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Georgia Academy for the Blind has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 2.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting Georgia Academy for the Blind tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 33% of students at Georgia Academy for the Blind qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Bibb County's rate of about 61%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bibb County put median household earnings sit near $51,234, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. In all, Bibb County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students), of which Georgia Academy for the Blind is one.

Nearest neighbor: Price Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Georgia Academy for the Blind.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

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