Chestatee High School

Chestatee High School, a middle-of-the-pack senior high in Gainesville, Georgia, one of the schools within Hall County, teaches 1,245 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Hall County runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 28,028 students. Chestatee High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Chestatee High School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 39% White, 2% Black. By comparison, Hall County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Chestatee High School has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Chestatee High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.0%; actual is 14.5%, a gap of -30.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Hall County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,901 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chestatee High School is one of 49 public schools in Hall County (combined enrollment of about 36,525 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sardis Elementary School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chestatee High School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 33.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Chestatee High School's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,378 (now 1,245). Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 56% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Chestatee High School typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.