Porter Elementary School

Porter Elementary School, a small primary school in Macon, Georgia, operated by Bibb County, enrolls 400 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Bibb County comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 21,334 students; Porter Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Porter Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 40% Black, 16% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 5% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Porter Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.6%; this one comes in at 20.6%, -28.9 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, census data for Bibb County shows median household earnings sit near $51,234, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Porter Elementary School is one of 41 public schools in Bibb County (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students).

Heard Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Porter Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Porter Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 21.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Porter Elementary School's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 418 (now 400). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 33% to 16%. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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