The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development

The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development is one of the micro-enrollment senior highs in Thomasville, Georgia, one of the schools within Thomas County, with 45 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development sits 96% below that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Thomas County (5,818 students total), The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development reports that the largest single group is Black, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 33% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Thomas County as a whole is about 35% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Thomas County runs at roughly 92%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 25.7%; The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development posts 0.0%, -25.7 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Thomas County put median household income runs about $60,736, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development is one of 13 public schools in Thomas County (combined enrollment of about 8,451 students).

The closest other public school is Bishop Hall, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), The Renaissance Center for Academic and Career Development ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.6%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 32%: 34 students in 2018 compared to 45 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 24% to 33% over that span.

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