Vineville Academy

Set in Macon, Georgia, Vineville Academy is a modestly sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Bibb County. It hosts 479 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 21% below typical.

Vineville Academy is one of 35 schools operated by Bibb County, a district that instructs 21,334 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Vineville Academy logs that the largest single group is Black, at 73% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Vineville Academy has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vineville Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.0%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of -11.0 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Bibb County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $51,234 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bibb County runs 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students), of which Vineville Academy is one.

Miller Magnet Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Vineville Academy ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 25.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Vineville Academy's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 499 (now 479). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 80% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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