Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charter Academy
Shellman · GA · State Specialty Schools II- Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Char · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Terrell Regional Youth Detention Center → Terrell Academy → Terrell High School → Randolph Clay High School → Calhoun County High School → Pataula Charter Academy → Webster County High School → Stewart County High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charter Academy compares for families
What families should know about Southwest Georgia S.T.E.M. Charter Academy.
- ▸ LocallyGA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Terrell Regional Youth Detention Center, Terrell Academy, Terrell High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Georgia
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $13,936/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +8.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 522 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $15,235 per student in district revenue, the 265 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $4,037,275/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terrell Regional Youth Detention Center Dawson |
Public | 10.8 | 12 | — |
| Terrell Academy Dawson |
Private | 10.9 | 392 | +11.7% |
| Terrell High School Dawson |
Public | 11.9 | 266 | -14.7% |
| Randolph Clay High School Cuthbert |
Public | 14.7 | 202 | -23.2% |
| Calhoun County High School Edison |
Public | 15.1 | 146 | -13.1% |
| Pataula Charter Academy Edison |
Public · charter | 15.4 | 171 | +0.0% |
| Webster County High School Preston |
Public | 21.2 | 58 | -12.1% |
| Stewart County High School Lumpkin |
Public | 21.5 | 114 | -6.6% |