Lowndes High School

Lowndes High School is a 9-12 campus of roomy scale in Valdosta, Georgia, overseen by Lowndes County, teacheing 3,152 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Lowndes High School sits 181% above that benchmark.

Within Lowndes County, which oversees 11 schools and 10,618 students, Lowndes High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Lowndes High School reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 186 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is higher 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. That share is noticeably below Lowndes County's rate of about 80%.

After controlling for student poverty, Lowndes High School sits in the top 10% of Georgia schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.8%; actual is 63.3%, +20.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Lowndes County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,541 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Lowndes County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,812 students), Lowndes High School is one campus in the mix.

Westside Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Lowndes High School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 31.0%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 2,865 students in 2018 compared to 3,152 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 62% to 55%.

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