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Black student results in Tift County

Across 11 schools in Tift County, 20.5% of Black students meet proficient or distinguished. That is 9.1 points below the Georgia average for Black students.

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34.7%
All students
20.5%
Black
33.1%
Hispanic
48.6%
White
59.4%
Asian

Average across the 11 schools in Tift County with reportable results, giving each school equal weight regardless of size. A group is omitted from a school when too few students were tested to report safely.

The distance inside one district

Among the 11 schools here with at least 25 Black student results, Len Lastinger Elementary School reports 35.3% of Black students meeting the standard. Charles Spencer Elementary School, in the same district, reports 4.5%. That is a 30.8-point spread across schools under one administration, serving one community, funded by one tax base.

Every school in Tift County

Ranked by the share of Black students meeting proficient or distinguished. Every group is shown alongside, because a school that serves one group well and another poorly is telling you something too.

SchoolAllBlackHispanicWhiteAsian
Len Lastinger Elementary School 50.6% 35.3% 45.9% 60.9%
G. O. Bailey Elementary School 42.5% 28.8% 35.6% 55.8%
Omega Elementary School 37.8% 27.6% 31.2% 50%
Eighth Street Middle School 38.7% 21.8% 36.3% 51.5% 70%
Matt Wilson Elementary School 33.4% 20.2% 32.6% 58.3%
Annie Belle Clark Elementary School 36.5% 19.5% 29.6% 50.8%
J. T. Reddick Elementary School 29.5% 19.5% 31.2% 39.6% 55%
Tift County High School 34.1% 19.1% 30.6% 51.6% 50%
Northeast Middle School 30.6% 15.2% 28.3% 44.6% 62.5%
Northside Elementary School 29.4% 13.7% 31.5% 43.5%
Charles Spencer Elementary School 18.1% 4.5% 31.8% 28.4%

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How to read this. Georgia suppresses results for very small groups, shown in the source data as “TFS” (too few students). Those schools appear as no data rather than zero. Because every state sets its own proficiency standard, Georgia figures should not be compared against another state's.

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