Newnan High School

Newnan High School operates as a sizable four-year high school in Newnan, Georgia, one of the schools within Coweta County. Current enrollment sits at 2,214 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 98% above the state mean of about 1,120.

Newnan High School is one of 29 schools operated by Coweta County, a district that educates 23,064 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Newnan High School reports that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Coweta County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 138 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at Newnan High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Newnan High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.1%, the actual is 53.9%, a residual of +1.8 points.

In the broader community, Coweta County reports that median household income runs about $95,548, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Coweta County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,423 students), Newnan High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Atkinson Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Newnan High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Newnan High School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.4%.

Newnan High School operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Newnan High School has contracted 4%, going from 2,314 students in 2018 to 2,214 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 7% to 13% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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