Hiram High School

Located at 702 Virgie Ballentine Dr, in Hiram, Georgia, Hiram High School is a moderately sized four-year high school that enrolls 1,460 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Paulding County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Hiram High School sits 30% above that benchmark.

Paulding County runs 34 schools in total, collectively educating 31,426 students. Hiram High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Hiram High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 20% White, 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Paulding County as a whole is about 23% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 63% of students at Hiram High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Paulding County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hiram High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Paulding County) shows that median household income runs about $98,031, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Paulding County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,426 students), Hiram High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Hiram Elementary School, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hiram High School comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

Hiram High School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 1,601 students in 2018 compared to 1,460 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 36% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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