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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY·NCES 130252001092

Griffin High School

1617 W Poplar St, Griffin, GA 30224 · (770) 229-3752 · Spalding County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,505 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Georgia public high schools
  • C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools

Enrollment
1,505
High
DISTRICT 920 · STATE 1,120
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
86 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
1,485 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 942828%
Grade 1040627%
Grade 1137225%
Grade 1229920%
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
24116%
DISTRICT 27% · STATE 34% · US 43%
Hispanic
24616%
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 19% · US 30%
Black
92962%
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 36% · US 15%
Asian
101%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
745%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
Native American
40%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
73149%
Female
77451%

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Test scores

Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or Distinguished
Math
18.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.8pp since 2021

What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 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 3 points since 2021.

Georgia Milestones results by year

School yearMath
2024-2518.7%
2023-2424.9%
2022-235.1%
2021-2215.9%
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like Griffin High School

Griffin High School's state test result (17.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Griffin High School this school1,50598.7%17.5%
Warner Robins High School
Warner Robins
1,812100.0%41.3%
Northside High School
Warner Robins
1,949100.0%37.8%
Hardaway High School
Columbus
1,067100.0%24.7%
Alcovy High School
Covington
1,96892.8%21.9%
Jonesboro High School
Jonesboro
1,630100.0%29.6%
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where Griffin High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Georgia
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
17.5%#356 of 411
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
18.7%#344 of 417
▼ 63
Enrollment
ranked largest first
1,505#147 of 480
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
17.5:1#324 of 413
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
56.4%#193 of 413
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
98.7%#87 of 425
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+5.0%#160 of 226
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
1,505
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 2,035
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-251,50585.917.5:199% (1,485)
2023-241,47993.315.8:185% (1,262)
2022-231,49888.516.9:198% (1,475)
2020-211,5078717.3:164% (962)
2017-181,43485.216.8:168% (974)
2015-161,3958017.4:174% (1,027)
2010-111,3729015.2:173% (1,008)
2000-011,90110817.6:139% (734)
1990-912,03511318.0:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Griffin High School.

Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,434 to 1,505); teachers up 1% (85.2 to 85.9).

About Griffin High School

Griffin High School is one of the public schools in Griffin, Georgia. It is a medium-sized high school. It covers grades 9 through 12, with a total enrollment of 1,505 students. Enrollment is 34% higher than the average for high schools in Georgia, which is about 1,120.

Griffin-Spalding County counts 9,350 students in its 18 schools, and Griffin High School is one of them.

Black students make up a majority at Griffin High School, at 62%. The next largest groups are 16% Hispanic, 16% White, and 5% multiracial. In Spalding County overall, about 36% of residents are Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school reports 85.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 17.5 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%.

allk12 grades Griffin High School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public high schools, because each state gives its own test.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 26.4% for Griffin High School. The school posts 17.5%, 8.8 points below the prediction.

In the county around the school, Spalding County, the median household income is $62,071, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Spalding County is home to 18 public schools and about 9,350 public school students.

Orrs Elementary School is the public school closest to Griffin High School, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Griffin High School is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,507 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,505.

Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Griffin High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.

Spalding County at a glance

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Population
68,892
Census ACS
Median income
$62,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,350 students

Quick facts

School name
Griffin High School
District
Griffin-Spalding County
Address
1617 W Poplar St, Griffin, GA 30224
Phone
(770) 229-3752
County
Spalding County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
1,505
Teachers (FTE)
86
Student–teacher ratio
17.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
1,485 (99%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
130252001092
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Griffin High School
How many students attend Griffin High School?
Griffin High School enrolls approximately 1,505 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Griffin High School serve?
Griffin High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Griffin High School?
Approximately 17.5:1 students per teacher at Griffin High School.
How diverse is Griffin High School?
Griffin High School reports a student body of 16% White, 16% Hispanic, 62% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Griffin High School?
Griffin High School is overseen by Griffin-Spalding County in Spalding County.
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