Rome High School

Located at 1000 Veterans Memorial Hwy NE, in Rome, Georgia, Rome High School is a roomy senior high that educates 1,986 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Rome City. That puts it 77% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Across the 8 schools in Rome City (6,357 students total), Rome High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rome High School logs that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 30% Black, 23% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Rome High School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at Rome High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Floyd County (around 75%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Rome High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Floyd County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,565, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Floyd County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,383 students), of which Rome High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Rome Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Rome High School comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 1,865 students in 2018 compared to 1,986 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 30% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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