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Evans High School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 36 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 21 points since 2022.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% 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 Evans High School
Evans High School operates as a substantial senior high in Evans, Georgia, operated by Columbia County. Current enrollment sits at 1,800 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 61% bigger than the state mean of about 1,120.
Columbia County runs 31 schools in total, collectively educating 28,964 students. Evans High School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Evans High School records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 24% Black, 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 39% 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, Evans High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.4%, the actual is 46.5%, a residual of -10.9 points.
Zooming out to the county, Columbia County reports that the typical household earns roughly $95,592 per year, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Columbia County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,518 students), Evans High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Evans Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Evans High School at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,815 students in 2018 compared to 1,800 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 59% to 51%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Evans High School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Columbia County at a glance
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