Mitchell County Elementary School

Mitchell County Elementary School is a compact elementary school in Baconton, Georgia, part of Mitchell County. The school hosts 276 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 54% below the state mean of about 605.

Within Mitchell County, which oversees 4 schools and 1,203 students, Mitchell County Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mitchell County Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). Other groups include 9% White, 6% Hispanic. By comparison, Mitchell County as a whole is about 45% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Mitchell County Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, Mitchell County Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.8%; this one delivers 28.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Mitchell County put median household income runs about $57,613, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Mitchell County Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in Mitchell County (combined enrollment of about 3,390 students).

Baconton Community Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, Mitchell County Elementary School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 23.5%.

Mitchell County Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mitchell County Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 368 (now 276). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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