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What's one thing CA Gray Junior High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
1,389
High
DISTRICT 1,661 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLQUITT COUNTY·NCES 130138000588
CA Gray Junior High School
812 11th Ave NW, Moultrie, GA 31768 · (229) 890-6189 · Colquitt County
GRADES 08–09HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,389 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Georgia public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
1,389 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 686 | 49% |
| Grade 9 | 703 | 51% |
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
CA Gray Junior High School→Colquitt County High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Colquitt County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
26.1%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.7pp since 2021
Math
39.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +18.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.1% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.2% | 24.3% |
| 2021-22 | 21.4% | 20.7% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CA Gray Junior High School
CA Gray Junior High School's state test result (37.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA Gray Junior High School this school | 1,389 | 100.0% | 37.0% |
| Cairo High School Cairo | 1,317 | 89.6% | 44.0% |
| Toombs County High School Lyons | 896 | 100.0% | 28.2% |
| Cedar Shoals High School Athens | 1,489 | 100.0% | 22.3% |
| Rome High School Rome | 1,986 | 88.7% | 23.6% |
| Tattnall County High School Reidsville | 1,043 | 96.4% | 30.8% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CA Gray Junior High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #213 of 411 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #192 of 417 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #24 of 32 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #5 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,389 | #163 of 480 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #128 of 413 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.0% | #35 of 413 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #28 of 425 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.9% | #104 of 226 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,389
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
+51% since 1990-91, when it was 922
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,389 | 94.4 | 14.7:1 | 100% (1,389) |
| 2023-24 | 1,424 | 87.1 | 16.4:1 | 79% (1,119) |
| 2022-23 | 1,406 | 93.7 | 15.0:1 | 85% (1,198) |
| 2020-21 | 1,379 | 92 | 15.0:1 | 85% (1,175) |
| 2017-18 | 1,252 | 105.4 | 11.9:1 | 95% (1,190) |
| 2015-16 | 1,294 | 83 | 15.6:1 | 95% (1,229) |
| 2010-11 | 1,239 | 89 | 13.9:1 | 70% (871) |
| 2000-01 | 880 | 59 | 14.9:1 | 60% (530) |
| 1990-91 | 922 | 54 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CA Gray Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (1,252 to 1,389); teachers down 10% (105.4 to 94.4).
About CA Gray Junior High School
CA Gray Junior High School is a mid-sized high school in Colquitt County, located in Moultrie, Georgia. The school has 1,389 students in 2024-25 across grades 8 through 9. High schools in Georgia have about 1,120 students on average; enrollment here is 24% higher.
The district for CA Gray Junior High School is Colquitt County, with 13 schools and 8,767 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at CA Gray Junior High School is Hispanic, with 35% of students. The next largest groups are 33% White, 27% Black, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 14 points above the 21% share among Colquitt County residents. The diversity index for CA Gray Junior High School is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 94.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.7:1. It is about the same as the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. Of all students at CA Gray Junior High School, 100% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public high schools, CA Gray Junior High School outscored 65%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for CA Gray Junior High School is +11.3 points: 37.0% actual, 25.7% predicted.
Colquitt County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $49,341 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. Public schools in Colquitt County number 13, with about 8,767 students.
Stringfellow Elementary School is about 1.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of CA Gray Junior High School, there are 7 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, CA Gray Junior High School ranks 3rd of 8 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
CA Gray Junior High School had 1,379 students in 2020-21 and 1,389 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
The discussion board for CA Gray Junior High School is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Colquitt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,224
Census ACS
Median income
$49,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
8,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colquitt County
- Colquitt County High SchoolHigh · 1,932 students
- Willie J. Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Norman Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 581 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Odom Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
Other schools in Moultrie
- Willie J. Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,285 students
- Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Wright Elementary SchoolElementary · 554 students
- Odom Elementary SchoolElementary · 518 students
- Cox Elementary SchoolElementary · 466 students
- Okapilco Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Stringfellow Elementary School1.2 mi · 220
- Willie J. Williams Middle School1.5 mi · 1,285
- Cox Elementary School2.1 mi · 466
- Colquitt County High School2.6 mi · 1,932
- Wright Elementary School2.6 mi · 554
- Okapilco Elementary School3.8 mi · 360
Frequently asked questions
About CA Gray Junior High SchoolHow large is CA Gray Junior High School?
CA Gray Junior High School enrolls approximately 1,389 students in grades 08-09.
What grades does CA Gray Junior High School serve?
CA Gray Junior High School serves grades 08-09.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CA Gray Junior High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CA Gray Junior High School is approximately 14.7:1 (94 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CA Gray Junior High School?
At CA Gray Junior High School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 35% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is CA Gray Junior High School public or private?
CA Gray Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Colquitt County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.