Telfair Alternative Preparation School

Located at 212 Huckabee St, in Mc Rae Helena, Georgia, Telfair Alternative Preparation School is a rural-scale high school that educates 18 students (grades 6 through 12), run under Telfair County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Telfair Alternative Preparation School sits 98% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Telfair County, which oversees 4 schools and 1,543 students, Telfair Alternative Preparation School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Telfair Alternative Preparation School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 67% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 22% Hispanic, 6% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Telfair Alternative Preparation School has 0 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 45.0:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. 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.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Telfair County) reports that median household earnings sit near $50,929, about 10% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Telfair Alternative Preparation School is one of 4 public schools in Telfair County (combined enrollment of about 1,543 students).

Telfair County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Telfair Alternative Preparation School's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 20 (now 18). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 60% to 6%.

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