📍 590 Ga Highway 26 E, Cochran, Bleckley County, 31014
Bleckley Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Cochran, Bleckley County. The school has 561 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Bleckley County school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1. 48% of students are proficient in reading. 43% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Bleckley Middle School enrolls 561 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 24% Black or African American and 3.2% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 393 | 70% |
| Black or African American | 132 | 24% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 3.2% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
292 of the school's 561 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 241 qualify for free lunch and 51 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.
Bleckley Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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-80, state senate district 20, state house district 144.
Bleckley Middle School is one of 5 schools in Bleckley County, based in Cochran, Georgia. The district serves 2,581 students district-wide and employs 186 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 561 students, Bleckley Middle School is close to the district average of about 516 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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