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Enrollment
1,208
High
DISTRICT 920 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY·NCES 130252002429
Spalding High School
433 Wilson Rd, Griffin, GA 30224 · (770) 229-3775 · Spalding County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,208 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
15.3:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
995 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 363 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 286 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 303 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 256 | 21% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
24.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +18.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 18 points since 2021.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | Math |
|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 11.5% |
| 2021-22 | 6.5% |
% 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Spalding High School
Spalding High School's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spalding High School this school | 1,208 | 82.4% | 23.6% |
| LaGrange High School Lagrange | 1,399 | 87.2% | 47.2% |
| Ware County High School Waycross | 1,633 | 84.1% | 56.3% |
| Liberty County High School Hinesville | 1,192 | 74.5% | 30.8% |
| Vidalia Comprehensive High School Vidalia | 703 | 81.1% | 20.4% |
| Burke County High School Waynesboro | 1,133 | 85.2% | 24.5% |
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 Spalding High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #310 of 411 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #306 of 417 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,208 | #206 of 480 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #157 of 413 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #83 of 413 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #169 of 425 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #86 of 168 |
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
1,208
-56 (-4%) vs 2020
+79% since 2000-01, when it was 674
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 1,208 | 79.2 | 15.3:1 | 82% (995) |
| 2023-24 | 1,209 | 75.6 | 16.0:1 | 62% (751) |
| 2022-23 | 1,252 | 73.3 | 17.1:1 | 67% (843) |
| 2020-21 | 1,264 | 75 | 16.9:1 | 47% (600) |
| 2017-18 | 1,324 | 76.7 | 17.3:1 | 53% (707) |
| 2015-16 | 1,262 | 78 | 16.2:1 | 58% (735) |
| 2010-11 | 1,286 | 83 | 15.5:1 | 49% (634) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 34% (226) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spalding High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,324 to 1,208); teachers up 3% (76.7 to 79.2).
About Spalding High School
Spalding High School serves students in Griffin, Georgia, as a mid-sized high school. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,208 students.
Griffin-Spalding County operates 18 schools. Combined enrollment is 9,350 students.
About 46% of students at Spalding High School are Black, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 36% White, 12% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Spalding County, the Black share is about 36%. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Spalding High School are from different groups.
Spalding High School has 79.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.3:1. The 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 82% at Spalding High School. The gap from the 92% average for public schools in Spalding County is 10 points.
Among Georgia public high schools, Spalding High School outscored 23%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Spalding High School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 34.8%. Spalding High School scores 23.6%, 11.2 points below that line.
Spalding County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $62,071 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Public schools in Spalding County number 18, with about 9,350 students.
Futral Road Elementary School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Spalding High School's average proficiency of 23.6% compares with 28.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Spalding High School had a net loss of 56 students, or 4%. The ratio was 16.9:1 in 2020-21 and 15.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Spalding County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,892
Census ACS
Median income
$62,071
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,350 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Griffin-Spalding County
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Moreland Road ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Other schools in Griffin
- Griffin High SchoolHigh · 1,505 students
- Futral Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 600 students
- Cowan Road Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Rehoboth Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 543 students
- Cowan Road Middle SchoolMiddle · 530 students
- Moreland Road ElementaryElementary · 490 students
Nearby schools
- Futral Road Elementary School0.4 mi · 600
- Crescent Road Elementary School1.9 mi · 429
- Jackson Road Elementary School2.0 mi · 344
- Rehoboth Road Middle School2.4 mi · 543
- AZ Kelsey Academy2.6 mi · 47
- Kennedy Road Middle School2.7 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Spalding High SchoolHow large is Spalding High School?
Spalding High School enrolls approximately 1,208 students in grades 09-12.
Is Spalding High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spalding High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Spalding High School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Spalding High School.
How diverse is Spalding High School?
Spalding High School reports a student body of 36% White, 12% Hispanic, 46% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Spalding High School in?
Spalding High School is part of Griffin-Spalding County.
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