Hollis Hand Elementary School

Hollis Hand Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in LaGrange, Georgia, overseen by Troup County. Current enrollment sits at 579 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Troup County comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 12,262 students; Hollis Hand Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Hollis Hand Elementary School shows that White students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder consists of 22% Black, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Hollis Hand Elementary School reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Troup County (around 92%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, Hollis Hand Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 55.5%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Troup County shows median household income runs about $56,776, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Troup County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,262 students), Hollis Hand Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LaGrange High School, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Hollis Hand Elementary School at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 26.6%.

Hollis Hand Elementary School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hollis Hand Elementary School has contracted 4%, going from 602 students in 2018 to 579 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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