St. Marys Video and Communication Technology

St. Marys Video and Communication Technology, a modestly sized elementary campus in Columbus, Georgia, one of the schools within Muscogee County, instructs 418 students, covering grades K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so St. Marys Video and Communication Technology sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 54 schools in Muscogee County (30,091 students total), St. Marys Video and Communication Technology accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, St. Marys Video and Communication Technology reports that 86% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, St. Marys Video and Communication Technology records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Muscogee County (around 86%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, St. Marys Video and Communication Technology sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 14.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Muscogee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,073 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Muscogee County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), of which St. Marys Video and Communication Technology is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dawson Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), St. Marys Video and Communication Technology ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 12.9%.

St. Marys Video and Communication Technology operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 6-year window. St. Marys Video and Communication Technology's enrollment has edged up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 355 (now 418). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 92% to 86%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2024.

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