Mountain Education High School

Mountain Education High School, an expansive senior high in Cleveland, Georgia, run under State Specialty Schools I- Mountain Education High School, enrolls 1,692 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 51% above typical.

State Specialty Schools I- Mountain Education High School is the operating authority for Mountain Education High School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mountain Education High School reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at Mountain Education High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against White County (around 68%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for White County put median household earnings sit near $70,666, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mountain Education High School is one of 7 public schools in White County (combined enrollment of about 5,474 students).

Mount Yonah Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around Mountain Education High School.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mountain Education High School has fell 24%, going from 2,237 students in 2018 to 1,692 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 79% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 24.2:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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