Lanier College and Career Academy

As an one-room-style 9-12 campus in Gainesville, Georgia, Lanier College and Career Academy teaches 169 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Hall County. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 85% below typical.

Within Hall County, which oversees 38 schools and 28,028 students, Lanier College and Career Academy is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lanier College and Career Academy shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder looks like 33% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Lanier College and Career Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 42.5%; actual is 3.8%, a gap of -38.7 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Hall County shows median household income runs about $80,901, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Lanier College and Career Academy is one of 49 public schools in Hall County (combined enrollment of about 36,525 students).

The Foundry is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lanier College and Career Academy at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 23.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lanier College and Career Academy has decreased 40%, going from 284 students in 2018 to 169 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 45% to 58%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 6.9:1 in 2025.

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