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East Coweta High School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 48 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 7 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 East Coweta High School
East Coweta High School operates as a big senior high in Sharpsburg, Georgia, one of the schools within Coweta County. Current enrollment sits at 3,001 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 168% bigger than typical.
Coweta County runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 23,064 students. East Coweta High School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, East Coweta High School records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Black, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 170 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting East Coweta High School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, East Coweta High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Coweta County put the typical household earns roughly $95,548 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. East Coweta High School is one of 31 public schools in Coweta County (combined enrollment of about 23,423 students).
Nearest neighbor: Lee Middle School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, East Coweta High School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Looking at the recent track record. East Coweta High School's enrollment has fell 4% since 2018, when it stood at 3,120 (now 3,001). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 58% to 46%. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for East Coweta High School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Coweta County at a glance
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