Cartersville High School

Cartersville High School is one of the moderately sized senior highs in Cartersville, Georgia, operated by Cartersville City, with 1,469 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Cartersville High School sits 31% bigger than that benchmark.

Cartersville City runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 4,686 students. Cartersville High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Cartersville High School records that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 20% Black, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Cartersville High School has 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bartow County (around 62%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cartersville High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bartow County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,243 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cartersville High School is one of 23 public schools in Bartow County (combined enrollment of about 18,705 students).

The closest other public school is Cartersville Elementary School, roughly 2.0 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cartersville High School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Cartersville High School's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 1,360 (now 1,469). The White share of enrollment declined from 55% to 48% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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.