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Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 90 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 85 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 69 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 61 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 45 | 4% |
| Grade 12 | 47 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 6% larger than its 8th grade class (85).
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,015 | 71 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 982 | 69.9 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 969 | 67.5 | 14.4:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 754 | 101 | 7.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 47.4 | 15.2:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 0% (0) |
Since 2017-18: students up 41% (722 to 1,015); teachers up 50% (47.4 to 71).
About Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics
Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics is classified as a school serving multiple grade levels. It is located in Hephzibah, Georgia. It reports enrollment of 1,015 students in kindergarten through 12. On average, combined schools in Georgia enroll around 738, and this school is 38% bigger than that mark.
Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics. The rest of enrollment is 12% Black, 6% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Richmond County's population at about 33%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 41%.
The school lists 71 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Compared with the 11.7:1 average for combined schools in Georgia, this school's ratio is higher.
For the population of Richmond County, the median household earns about $55,637 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Across Richmond County, 58 public schools serve about 31,674 students.
Hephzibah Middle School, about 3.7 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Georgia School for Innovation and the Classics, there are 3 other public schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Enrollment was 1,015 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 754. The ratio was 7.5:1 in 2020-21 and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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