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Central High School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 62 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 19 points since 2021.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Central High School
Located at 113 Central High Rd, in Carrollton, Georgia, Central High School is a moderately sized 9-12 campus that instructs 1,338 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Carroll County.
Central High School is one of 24 schools operated by Carroll County, a district that instructs 16,400 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Central High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Central High School logs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.6:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Carroll County's rate of about 48%.
After controlling for student poverty, Central High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 53.8%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Carroll County) records that the typical household earns roughly $73,714 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Carroll County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 22,250 students), Central High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Carrollton Upper Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Central High School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.
Central High School operates from a town-based location.
Five-year trend. Central High School's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,171 (now 1,338). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.
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