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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at Southeast Whitfield County High School?
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Enrollment
1,453
High
DISTRICT 933 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITFIELD COUNTY·NCES 130570001818
Southeast Whitfield County High School
1954 Riverbend Rd, Dalton, GA 30721 · (706) 226-2753 · Whitfield County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,453 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Georgia public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
88 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
1,379 students
DISTRICT 93% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 357 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 378 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 386 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 332 | 23% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedMath
31.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores have held steady since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.3% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% |
| 2022-23 | 26.1% |
| 2021-22 | 31.1% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Southeast Whitfield County High School
Southeast Whitfield County High School's state test result (26.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southeast Whitfield County High School this school | 1,453 | 94.9% | 26.3% |
| Osborne High School Marietta | 2,790 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| Meadowcreek High School Norcross | 2,609 | 85.5% | 20.8% |
| Cross Keys High School Brookhaven | 1,748 | 100.0% | 32.3% |
| East Hall High School Gainesville | 1,287 | 72.0% | 21.9% |
| Horizon Academy School Gainesville | 464 | 84.1% | N/A |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Southeast Whitfield County High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Whitfield County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #287 of 411 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #247 of 417 ▼ 26 | #4 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,453 | #156 of 480 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #245 of 413 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #302 of 413 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #108 of 425 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #191 of 226 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,453
-8 (-1%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 1,174
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 18.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,453 | 88.3 | 16.5:1 | 95% (1,379) |
| 2023-24 | 1,512 | 88.9 | 17.0:1 | 84% (1,274) |
| 2022-23 | 1,492 | 85.6 | 17.4:1 | 76% (1,130) |
| 2020-21 | 1,461 | 79 | 18.5:1 | 58% (847) |
| 2017-18 | 1,413 | 79.6 | 17.8:1 | 76% (1,071) |
| 2015-16 | 1,357 | 80 | 17.0:1 | 75% (1,016) |
| 2010-11 | 1,333 | 68 | 19.6:1 | 72% (958) |
| 2000-01 | 1,221 | 80 | 15.3:1 | 25% (308) |
| 1990-91 | 1,174 | 71 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southeast Whitfield County High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,413 to 1,453); teachers up 11% (79.6 to 88.3).
About Southeast Whitfield County High School
Southeast Whitfield County High School is a mid-sized high school in Whitfield County, located in Dalton, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 1,453 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 1,120.
Whitfield County has 11,942 students in 22 schools, and Southeast Whitfield County High School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Southeast Whitfield County High School is Hispanic: 72%. Next come 25% White. The county population is about 37% Hispanic. The diversity index for Southeast Whitfield County High School is 42%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Southeast Whitfield County High School is 16.5:1, based on 88.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in Georgia average 15.2:1. Lunch program data show 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 83% for public schools in Whitfield County.
Southeast Whitfield County High School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 39% of Georgia public high schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 28.3% for Southeast Whitfield County High School. The school posts 26.3%, 2.0 points below the prediction.
For Whitfield County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $67,070 a year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Southeast Whitfield County High School, Whitfield County has 33 public schools.
Antioch Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Southeast Whitfield County High School is 7th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
Enrollment at Southeast Whitfield County High School was 1,461 in 2020-21 and 1,453 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 16.5:1, from 18.5:1.
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Whitfield County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,598
Census ACS
Median income
$67,070
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
19,570 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Whitfield County
- Northwest Whitfield County High SchoolHigh · 1,098 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Eastbrook Middle SchoolMiddle · 624 students
- Eastside Elementary SchoolElementary · 579 students
- Westside Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
Other schools in Dalton
- Dalton High SchoolHigh · 1,919 students
- Hammond Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,057 students
- Coahulla Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- North Whitfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- City Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 707 students
- Brookwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
Nearby schools
- Antioch Elementary School0.5 mi · 446
- Eastbrook Middle School0.9 mi · 624
- Eastside Elementary School1.8 mi · 579
- Brookwood Elementary School2.4 mi · 688
- Blue Ridge Elementary School2.7 mi · 632
- Roan Elementary School2.9 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About Southeast Whitfield County High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Southeast Whitfield County High School?
Southeast Whitfield County High School enrolls approximately 1,453 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Southeast Whitfield County High School serve?
Southeast Whitfield County High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Southeast Whitfield County High School have?
Southeast Whitfield County High School employs 88 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
How diverse is Southeast Whitfield County High School?
Southeast Whitfield County High School reports a student body of 25% White, 72% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Southeast Whitfield County High School?
Southeast Whitfield County High School is overseen by Whitfield County in Whitfield County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.