Alternative/PRU High Open

Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center

๐Ÿ“ 450 Crescent Dr, Gainesville, Hall County, 30501

19
Pupils

About this school

Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Gainesville, Hall County. The school has 19 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Department of Juvenile Justice school district. It serves grades 8โ€“12 in an urban setting. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.

School details

School district
Department of Juvenile Justice

Enrollment & staffing

Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center enrolls 19 students across grades 8โ€“12. The student body is 84% male and 16% female.

Male students
16 (84%)
Female students
3 (16%)
Grade span
8โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Black or African American, 26% White and 5.3% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American1368%
White526%
Hispanic or Latino15.3%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

16 of the school's 19 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 16 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

City, SmallGrades 8โ€“12Title I

Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 49, state house district 29.

School district: Department of Juvenile Justice

Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center is one of 25 schools in Department of Juvenile Justice, based in Decatur, Georgia. The district serves 410 students district-wide and employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 19 students, Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center is larger than the district average of about 16 students per school.

410
District students
25
Schools
34
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

44%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi

Setting: City - Small

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