Long Cane Elementary School

As a moderately sized primary school in LaGrange, Georgia, Long Cane Elementary School serves 605 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of Troup County.

Across the 19 schools in Troup County (12,262 students total), Long Cane Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Long Cane Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment; the rest looks like 17% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Long Cane Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 32.0%; Long Cane Elementary School posts 53.7%, +21.7 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Troup County shows the typical household earns roughly $56,776 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Troup County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,262 students), of which Long Cane Elementary School is one.

Long Cane Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Long Cane Elementary School at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 514 students in 2018 compared to 605 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 75% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Long Cane Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.