Worth County Achievement Center

Worth County Achievement Center is a secondary school of very small scale in Sylvester, Georgia, part of Worth County, educateing 35 students in grades 6 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% below the state mean of about 1,120.

Worth County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,057 students; Worth County Achievement Center is among them.

On demographics, Worth County Achievement Center logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 43% Black, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 66%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.3:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Worth County Achievement Center qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Worth County Achievement Center falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 25.7%; this one comes in at 7.5%, -18.2 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Worth County put median household earnings sit near $58,694, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Worth County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,057 students), Worth County Achievement Center is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Worth County Primary School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Worth County Achievement Center at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Worth County Achievement Center's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 34 (now 35). Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 32% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 28.3:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.