Southeast Whitfield County High School

Southeast Whitfield County High School is one of the reasonably sized 9-12 campuss in Dalton, Georgia, operated by Whitfield County, with 1,453 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 30% bigger than typical.

Southeast Whitfield County High School is one of 22 schools operated by Whitfield County, a district that works with 11,942 students overall.

Demographically, Southeast Whitfield County High School shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 25% White. The wider county runs roughly 37% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Southeast Whitfield County High School shows 88 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Whitfield County's rate of about 83%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Southeast Whitfield County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.3%, the actual is 26.3%, a residual of -2.0 points.

In the broader community, Whitfield County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,070 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Whitfield County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,570 students), of which Southeast Whitfield County High School is one.

Antioch Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southeast Whitfield County High School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Southeast Whitfield County High School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southeast Whitfield County High School has expanded 3%, going from 1,413 students in 2018 to 1,453 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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