Price Academy

Set in Macon, Georgia, Price Academy is a minimally staffed K-12 campus, run under Bibb County. It educates 14 students across grades 3 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 98% below typical.

Bibb County comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 21,334 students; Price Academy is among them.

On the student-mix side, Price Academy lists that 57% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 29% White, 14% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Price Academy records 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 4.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting Price Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Bibb County's rate of about 61%.

After controlling for student poverty, Price Academy is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 58.9%; Price Academy posts 3.2%, -55.7 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Bibb County shows median household income runs about $51,234, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. In all, Bibb County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students), of which Price Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Georgia Academy for the Blind, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Price Academy ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 32.1%.

Price Academy operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 46%: 26 students in 2018 compared to 14 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 62% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 8.7:1 in 2018 to 4.7:1 in 2025.

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