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Whigham Elementary School

211 W Broad Ave

Tel: (229)762-4167

Whigham Elementary School serves 503 students in grades PK-8.
The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 is lower than the GA average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 27% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 58%.
Whigham Elementary School operates within the Grady County School District.

The student:teacher ratio of 15:1 has stayed the same over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.43 is more than the state average of 0.41. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(GA) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	15:1	16:1

American Indian	1%	n/a
Asian	n/a	4%

Hispanic	4%	14%

Black	21%	37%

White	73%	42%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

Two or more races	1%	3%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.43	0.41

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	88%	57%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	n/a	6%

Grady County School District's student population of 4,670 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The revenue/student of $8,740 in this district is less than the state average of $10,007. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $8,465 is less than the state average of $9,869. The district spending/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.

School District Name	Grady County School District
Number of Schools Managed	7	5
Number of Students Managed	4,670	3,306

District Total Revenue	$41 MM	$33 MM

District Spending	$39 MM	$33 MM

District Revenue / Student	$8,740	$10,007

District Spending / Student	$8,465	$9,869

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