NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Bainbridge, GA

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7 public K-12 schools in Bainbridge from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
4,652
Students
35.6/100
Avg Resource Index
19.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Bainbridge has more public-school enrollment than 52% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Bainbridge's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Bainbridge's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Economic need crosses separate district systems

94.9% of enrollment in reporting Bainbridge schools is eligible for free lunch, while the city list spans 2 districts. That pairing makes a citywide average especially easy to misread: the need measure follows students, but staffing decisions, calendars, program rules, and federal allocations are administered through separate district structures. The 37-point gap between West Bainbridge Primary School and New Beginning Learning Center shows how much reported resource capacity can vary inside the same municipal label. Compare schools within the same district first, then use the city view to see how those local systems differ.

City enrollment
Top 48%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
27th percentile
Teacher staffing
19th percentile

Bainbridge High School accounts for 25.6% of all Bainbridge public-school enrollment

That concentration means Bainbridge-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bainbridge school enrollment varies 6.5× across entities

Bainbridge school enrollment ranges from 183 students (lowest) to 1,192 students (highest), a spread of 1,009 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bainbridge reports 94.9% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share is above 87.5%, so economic need is widespread across the measured student population. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Bainbridge student-teacher ratio is 19.1:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Bainbridge's 7 listed schools are charters

14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. West Bainbridge Primary School 47
2. Bainbridge Middle School 41
3. Bainbridge High School 40
4. Hutto Elementary School 39
5. Spring Creek Charter Academy 38
6. Jones-Wheat Primary School 34
7. New Beginning Learning Center 10

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Bainbridge

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Bainbridge High School 63.3/100
  2. 2 Bainbridge Middle School 62.6/100
  3. 3 Hutto Elementary School 59.9/100
  4. 4 West Bainbridge Primary School 57.7/100
  5. 5 Jones-Wheat Primary School 56.1/100

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Which Bainbridge school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

West Bainbridge Primary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Bainbridge schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Bainbridge, GA? ▼

Bainbridge has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,652 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 19.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.