McClelland Elementary School

McClelland Elementary School is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in Ludowici, Georgia, one of the schools within Long County, teacheing 694 students in grades 4 through 5.

Long County runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 4,724 students. McClelland Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, McClelland Elementary School lists that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Black, 20% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting McClelland Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), McClelland Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.9%; this one delivers 29.8%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Long County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,808 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Long County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,724 students), of which McClelland Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Long County Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around McClelland Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McClelland Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

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