Coosa High School

Coosa High School is a high school of cozy scale in Rome, Georgia, one of the schools within Floyd County, teacheing 861 students in grades 8 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Coosa High School sits 23% below that benchmark.

Floyd County comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,949 students; Coosa High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Coosa High School records that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Coosa High School lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Coosa High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.2%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Floyd County) logs that median household earnings sit near $65,565, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Floyd County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students), of which Coosa High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Coosa Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Coosa High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Coosa High School has increased 19%, going from 722 students in 2018 to 861 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 63% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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