Dade County High School

Set in Trenton, Georgia, Dade County High School is an intimate 9-12 campus, run under Dade County. It serves 543 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 52% leaner than typical.

Dade County High School is one of 4 schools operated by Dade County, a district that instructs 1,988 students overall.

On demographics, Dade County High School logs that nearly all students (90%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Dade County High School has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Dade County High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Dade County High School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.8%; this one comes in at 30.3%, -18.5 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Dade County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,568, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Dade County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,988 students), of which Dade County High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dade Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Dade County High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dade County High School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dade County High School has fell 5%, going from 572 students in 2018 to 543 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 97% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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