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Callaway High School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 29 points since 2021.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 39% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Callaway High School
Located at 221 Whitfield Rd, in Hogansville, Georgia, Callaway High School is an intimate secondary school that teaches 930 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Troup County.
Troup County comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 12,262 students; Callaway High School is among them.
On the student-mix side, Callaway High School lists that the largest single group is Black at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 32% White, 10% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Troup County as a whole is about 36% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Callaway High School reports 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, Callaway High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 39.3%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Troup County put median household income runs about $56,776, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Troup County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,262 students), Callaway High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Gardner-Newman Middle School, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Callaway High School. On composite proficiency, Callaway High School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.
Callaway High School operates from a countryside location.
Looking at the recent track record. Callaway High School's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 845 (now 930). White enrollment moved from 43% to 32% across the same window.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Troup County at a glance
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