Echols County High School

Echols County High School is a four-year high school of micro-enrollment scale in Statenville, Georgia, operated by Echols County, serveing 244 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 78% smaller than the state mean of about 1,120.

Echols County runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 917 students. Echols County High School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Echols County High School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 42% White, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Echols County runs at roughly 84%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Echols County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Echols County indicate median household income runs about $59,489, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Echols County High School is one of 2 public schools in Echols County (combined enrollment of about 917 students).

Echols County Elementary/Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Echols County High School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.2%.

Echols County High School operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 222 students in 2018 compared to 244 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.