Pulaski County Elementary School

Located at 70 Red Devil Drive, in Hawkinsville, Georgia, Pulaski County Elementary School is an average-sized elementary-level community that educates 644 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Pulaski County.

Within Pulaski County, which oversees 3 schools and 1,320 students, Pulaski County Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Pulaski County Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 41% Black, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Pulaski County Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Pulaski County Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pulaski County indicate the typical household earns roughly $50,406 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Pulaski County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,320 students), Pulaski County Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Hawkinsville High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Pulaski County Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Pulaski County Elementary School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Pulaski County Elementary School's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 693 (now 644). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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