Sumter County Primary School

Sumter County Primary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Georgia, located in Americus. It reports enrollment of 724 students in pre-K through 1.

Sumter County enrolls 3,560 students in 5 schools, including Sumter County Primary School.

Federal enrollment data show Sumter County Primary School is 72% Black. Next come 18% Hispanic, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 50% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.

The school lists 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Georgia is similar, at 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 100% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sumter County is 91%.

In the wider Sumter County area, the median household earns about $42,653 a year, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 19% of residents are in poverty. Across Sumter County, 6 public schools serve about 4,145 students.

Of the public schools around it, Sumter County Primary School is closest to Sumter County Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

In 2020-21, Sumter County Primary School enrolled 715; in 2024-25, 724. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 14.0:1 to 12.7:1.

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