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Blakeney Elementary

๐Ÿ“ 100 Olympic Dr, Waynesboro, Burke County, 30830

703
Pupils
11.7
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Blakeney Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Waynesboro, Burke County. The school has 703 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Burke County school district. It serves grades 3โ€“5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

School district
Burke County

Enrollment & staffing

Blakeney Elementary enrolls 703 students across grades 3โ€“5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 60 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.

Male students
358 (51%)
Female students
345 (49%)
Teachers (FTE)
60
Student-teacher ratio
11.7:1
Grade span
3โ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Black or African American, 29% White and 5.8% Hispanic or Latino.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American43061%
White20529%
Hispanic or Latino415.8%
Two or more races243.4%
Asian3<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

703 of the school's 703 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 703 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Town, DistantGrades 3โ€“5Title I

Blakeney Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 23, state house district 126.

School district: Burke County

Blakeney Elementary is one of 5 schools in Burke County, based in Waynesboro, Georgia. The district serves 3,841 students district-wide and employs 323 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 703 students, Blakeney Elementary is close to the district average of about 768 students per school.

3,841
District students
5
Schools
323
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

17%
Reading proficient
22%
Math proficient
30%
Poverty rate

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

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Town - Distant

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