Long Cane Middle School

As an average-sized middle-grades school in LaGrange, Georgia, Long Cane Middle School works with 988 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Troup County. Enrollment runs roughly 29% above the state mean of about 763.

Troup County runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 12,262 students. Long Cane Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Long Cane Middle School lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 37% Black, 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Long Cane Middle School has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 95% of students at Long Cane Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Long Cane Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.6%.

In the broader community, Troup County reports that median household income runs about $56,776, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Troup County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,262 students), of which Long Cane Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Long Cane Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, Long Cane Middle School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 1,021 students in 2018 compared to 988 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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