Calhoun High School

Calhoun High School is a four-year high school of moderately sized scale in Calhoun, Georgia, part of Calhoun City, caters to 1,282 students in grades 9 through 12.

Calhoun High School is one of 5 schools operated by Calhoun City, a district that enrolls 4,193 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Calhoun High School shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 41% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 78%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Calhoun High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at Calhoun High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Gordon County (around 90%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Calhoun High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.0%; this one delivers 48.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Gordon County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,650, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Gordon County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,452 students), of which Calhoun High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Calhoun Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Calhoun High School at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calhoun High School has expanded 16%, going from 1,105 students in 2018 to 1,282 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 45% across the same window.

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