East Forsyth High School

Set in Gainesville, Georgia, East Forsyth High School is a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus, one of the schools within Forsyth County. It instructs 1,588 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% larger than the state mean of about 1,120.

East Forsyth High School is one of 42 schools operated by Forsyth County, a district that hosts 54,864 students overall.

In terms of who attends, East Forsyth High School logs that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 23% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, The school employs 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at East Forsyth High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Forsyth County (around 21%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, East Forsyth High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.3%, the actual is 46.8%, a residual of -12.5 points.

In the surrounding community, Forsyth County reports that median household income runs about $143,784, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Forsyth County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,864 students), of which East Forsyth High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Little Mill Middle School, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Forsyth High School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 36.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

On allk12, the feed for East Forsyth High School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.