Summary:
The 31750 zip code area is home to 5 schools, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 2 high schools. While the overall performance of the schools in this area is below the state average, a few standout institutions, such as Ben Hill Elementary School, are showing promising results.
Ben Hill Elementary School stands out with its high performance on state assessments, outpacing the district and state averages in several subject areas. The school also boasts a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 12.2, which may contribute to its success. In contrast, the two high schools in the area, Fitzgerald High School School College and Career Academy and Hurricane Transition Academy, have significantly lower test scores than the state averages, particularly in subjects like American Literature and Composition, Algebra I, and United States History.
The Ben Hill County school district, which encompasses all the schools in the data set, is ranked 148th out of 206 districts in Georgia and is rated 1 star out of 5 by SchoolDigger. This suggests the district as a whole is underperforming compared to other districts in the state. The high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch across all the schools, ranging from 61.44% to 87.04%, indicates a high level of economic disadvantage in the community, which may be a contributing factor to the overall lower academic performance.
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