Jordan Vocational High School

As an average-sized senior high in Columbus, Georgia, Jordan Vocational High School hosts 1,040 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Muscogee County.

Across the 54 schools in Muscogee County (30,091 students total), Jordan Vocational High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Jordan Vocational High School lists that the largest single group is Black at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 20% White, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Muscogee County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Jordan Vocational High School has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Muscogee County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jordan Vocational High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 16.4%, a residual of -9.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Muscogee County put median household earnings sit near $58,073, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Muscogee County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), Jordan Vocational High School is one campus in the mix.

Johnson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jordan Vocational High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 36.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Jordan Vocational High School's enrollment has climbed 36% since 2018, when it stood at 766 (now 1,040). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 34% to 20%.

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