Cedartown High School

Set in Cedartown, Georgia, Cedartown High School is a medium-sized high school, operated by Polk County. It instructs 1,448 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Cedartown High School sits 29% above that benchmark.

Polk County comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 7,745 students; Cedartown High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Cedartown High School logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 41% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Polk County's rate of about 77%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cedartown High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 48.0%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Polk County) reports that median household income runs about $58,515, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Polk County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,745 students), of which Cedartown High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Westside Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cedartown High School comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 28.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cedartown High School has ticked up 19%, going from 1,221 students in 2018 to 1,448 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 31% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

On allk12, members of the Cedartown High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.