New Beginning Learning Center, Bainbridge GA

Original Research by School Decision on New Beginning Learning Center

New Beginning Learning Center is a public middle and high school in Bainbridge, Georgia, serving grades six through twelve. The school enrolls a small population, with the majority of students in the upper grades. Every student qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is majority Black, with substantial representation of white students and smaller numbers of Hispanic and multiracial students.

The school's academic results on state assessments are weak across all measured subjects and grade levels. In mathematics, proficiency rates are very low, ranging from essentially zero in grades seven and eight to a low single-digit percentage in grade eight. English language arts proficiency rates are similarly depressed, at less than one in ten proficient in both tested grades. In science and social studies, measured at grade eight, no students met proficiency in either subject. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Decatur County, the county in which it sits. These results reflect a student population experiencing substantial academic difficulty across core subjects.

The school sits in Bainbridge, a small county seat in southwest Georgia with a historic downtown anchored by Willis Park and featuring antebellum homes and live oaks. The city is nicknamed "the Oak City" and has undertaken downtown revitalization through adaptive reuse of older buildings. Bainbridge is experiencing modest population growth driven partly by major manufacturing investment, including a synthetic graphite anode plant expected to bring several hundred jobs once operational. The housing market is accessible, with home values well below the state benchmark and affordable relative to median household income. Employment centers include health care, manufacturing, and agribusiness; public transportation is limited, so most residents rely on cars for commuting.

The school's enrollment is drawn from this economically constrained community, and the uniform rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility indicates concentrated poverty among its student population. No data on special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, staffing, attendance, discipline, or course offerings were available. A parent considering this school may want to discuss directly with the school what academic interventions, support structures, and pathways are in place given these performance levels, and what the school's enrollment and mission are intended to serve.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

60-64%Cohort of 74 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

467 schools plotted. 22 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 70%

School 0% · District 24% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median

Grade 86%

School 6% · District 30% · ▼ 25 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 79%

School 9% · District 31% · ▼ 23 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median

Grade 86%

School 6% · District 26% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median

Science

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 33% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 20% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 31 pts below state median

This schoolDecatur County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.