Mary A Buckner Academy

Mary A Buckner Academy is a mid-sized elementary school in Muscogee County, located in Columbus, Georgia. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 789 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.

Muscogee County has 30,091 students in 54 schools, and Mary A Buckner Academy is one of those schools.

Mary A Buckner Academy is 84% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 3% White. Census estimates put the Black share of Muscogee County's population at about 47%. The diversity index for Mary A Buckner Academy is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Muscogee County is 86%.

In the surrounding county, Muscogee County, median household income comes to about $58,073, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. The county has 57 public schools and about 30,110 students.

A public school about 0.2 miles away, Dawson Elementary School, is the closest to Mary A Buckner Academy. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Mary A Buckner Academy.

Federal data place Mary A Buckner Academy in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

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