Model High

As a cozy four-year high school in Rome, Georgia, Model High works with 915 students from grades 8 through 12, one of the schools within Floyd County.

Model High is one of 15 schools operated by Floyd County, a district that teaches 8,949 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Model High records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Floyd County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Model High has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Floyd County runs at roughly 75%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Model High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 57.2%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Floyd County) records that median household income runs about $65,565, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Floyd County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students), Model High is one campus in the mix.

Model Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Model High comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Model High's enrollment has edged up 29% since 2018, when it stood at 707 (now 915). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Model High typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.