Peach County Achievement Academy

Located at 900 Campus Drive, in Fort Valley, Georgia, Peach County Achievement Academy is a very small secondary school that teaches 60 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within Peach County. That puts it 95% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Peach County comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,980 students; Peach County Achievement Academy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Peach County Achievement Academy records that 82% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder comes out to 12% White, 7% Hispanic. By comparison, Peach County as a whole is about 42% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.2:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Peach County Achievement Academy is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 25.7%; Peach County Achievement Academy posts 4.1%, -21.6 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Peach County put the typical household earns roughly $71,293 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Peach County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,980 students), Peach County Achievement Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hunt Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Peach County Achievement Academy at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 29.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

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