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Ben Hill County Primary School

Serves grades PK - 2

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
221 Jc Hunter Rd
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Phone
(229) 409-5592
District
BEN HILL COUNTY
County
BEN HILL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
886
Classroom Teachers
64

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Georgia

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all GA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Ben Hill County Primary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
38%
No Data
39%
No Data
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 214 24.2%
Kindergarten 248 28.0%
Grade 1 233 26.3%
Grade 2 191 21.6%
Total 886 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 44.4% 42.0% 38.6%
Black 45.2% 44.7% 38.1%
Hispanic 10.3% 12.9% 18.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.1% 0.4% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 17,237 10,912,876
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 67.9 187
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.0% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 21.2% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.2% 33.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.3% 25.4%
65 OR OLDER 17.3% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,828 3,946,490
Single Parent Households With Children 12.9% 9.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 83.8% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 10.9% 33.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 4.7% 18.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 6.8% 16.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.0% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.9% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.7% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 20.9% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 23.0% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,584 $23,244,960 57.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $426 $1,305,690 3.2%
Staff $601 $1,842,065 4.5%
General Administration $345 $1,057,425 2.6%
School Administration $754 $2,311,010 5.7%
Operation $790 $2,421,350 6.0%
Transportation $508 $1,557,020 3.8%
Other $299 $916,435 2.3%
Total Support $3,721 $11,404,865 28.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,903 $5,832,695 14.4%
Total Expenditures $13,209 $40,485,585 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,173 $12,487,910,271 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $676 $1,176,548,933 5.1%
Staff $594 $1,034,558,924 4.5%
General Administration $154 $268,921,756 1.2%
School Administration $768 $1,337,003,569 5.8%
Operation $900 $1,567,657,475 6.8%
Transportation $538 $936,344,630 4.0%
Other $397 $691,196,214 3.0%
Total Support $4,028 $7,012,277,581 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,085 $3,630,005,298 15.7%
Total Expenditures $13,287 $23,130,146,352 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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