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What do students at Gainesville High School actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
2,077
High
DISTRICT 1,271 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GAINESVILLE CITY·NCES 130231001048
Gainesville High School
830 Century Pl, Gainesville, GA 30501 · (770) 536-4441 · Hall County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,077 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
137 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
1,179 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
29.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +4.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 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 4 points since 2021.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 48% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,077
-48 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 15.4:1
% White
14%
was 17%
% Hispanic
60%
was 58%
% Black
18%
was 18%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Gainesville High School
As a heavily attended four-year high school in Gainesville, Georgia, Gainesville High School caters to 2,077 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Gainesville City. That puts it 85% larger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.
Gainesville High School is one of 10 schools operated by Gainesville City, a district that caters to 8,480 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Gainesville High School records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 18% Black, 14% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 29%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, Gainesville High School has 137 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Gainesville High School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 48.0%; Gainesville High School posts 33.6%, -14.4 points below that line.
In the area at large, Hall County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,901 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hall County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,525 students), of which Gainesville High School is one.
Nearest neighbor: Centennial Arts Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gainesville High School. On composite proficiency, Gainesville High School comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.3%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gainesville High School has held roughly steady, going from 2,125 students in 2018 to 2,077 in 2025.
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Hall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
212,705
Census ACS
Median income
$80,901
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
36,525 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gainesville City
- Gainesville Middle School WestMiddle · 931 students
- Gainesville Middle School EastMiddle · 896 students
- Mundy Mill Arts AcademyElementary · 825 students
- Enota Multiple Intelligences AcademyElementary · 767 students
- Centennial Arts AcademyElementary · 760 students
- Fair Street International AcademyElementary · 651 students
Other schools in Gainesville
- East Forsyth High SchoolHigh · 1,588 students
- Johnson High SchoolHigh · 1,318 students
- East Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,287 students
- Chestatee High SchoolHigh · 1,245 students
- North Hall High SchoolHigh · 1,164 students
- Chestatee ElementaryElementary · 1,159 students
Nearby schools
- Centennial Arts Academy0.3 mi · 760
- Horizon Academy School0.9 mi · 464
- Gainesville Exploration Academy1.3 mi · 536
- Fair Street International Academy1.7 mi · 651
- Gainesville Middle School West1.9 mi · 931
- Enota Multiple Intelligences Academy2.0 mi · 767
Frequently asked questions
About Gainesville High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Gainesville High School?
Gainesville High School enrolls approximately 2,077 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Gainesville High School serve?
Gainesville High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gainesville High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gainesville High School is approximately 15.2:1 (137 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gainesville High School?
Gainesville High School reports a student body of 14% White, 60% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Gainesville High School?
Gainesville High School is overseen by Gainesville City in Hall County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.