Stephens County Fifth Grade Academy

Stephens County Fifth Grade Academy operates as a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in Toccoa, Georgia, overseen by Stephens County. Current enrollment sits at 295 students spanning grade 5. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

Across the 6 schools in Stephens County (3,855 students total), Stephens County Fifth Grade Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Stephens County Fifth Grade Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 69%; the rest looks like 12% Black, 12% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Stephens County Fifth Grade Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 38.1%, a residual of +12.4 points.

Around the school, census data for Stephens County shows median household income runs about $54,754, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Stephens County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,855 students), Stephens County Fifth Grade Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Stephens County Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Stephens County Fifth Grade Academy comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Stephens County Fifth Grade Academy's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 295). Over the same period, the White share fell from 74% to 69%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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