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Armuchee High School
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Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 22 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Armuchee High School
Armuchee High School is a 9-12 campus of mid-tier scale in Rome, Georgia, operated by Floyd County, serveing 953 students in grades 6 through 12.
Within Floyd County, which oversees 15 schools and 8,949 students, Armuchee High School is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, Armuchee High School records that White students make up the majority at 80%; the rest comes out to 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Armuchee High School has 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Floyd County's rate of about 75%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Armuchee High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.3%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Floyd County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,565, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Floyd County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students), Armuchee High School is one campus in the mix.
Armuchee Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Armuchee High School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.4%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Armuchee High School's enrollment has grew 73% since 2018, when it stood at 552 (now 953). The White share of enrollment decreased from 89% to 80% over that span.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Floyd County at a glance
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