Spring Creek Charter Academy

Spring Creek Charter Academy is a low-enrollment multi-level school in Bainbridge, Georgia, overseen by State Specialty Schools II- Spring Creek Charter Academy. The school educates 474 students in grades K through 11. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 738 students each, so Spring Creek Charter Academy sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

State Specialty Schools II- Spring Creek Charter Academy is the operating authority for Spring Creek Charter Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Spring Creek Charter Academy shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% Black, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Spring Creek Charter Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, Decatur County reports that median household income runs about $53,317, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Decatur County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,652 students), Spring Creek Charter Academy is one campus in the mix.

Hutto Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Spring Creek Charter Academy operates from a small-town location. Spring Creek Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.