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Stewart County High School, an one-room-style senior high in Lumpkin, Georgia, part of Stewart County, enrolls 114 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Stewart County High School sits 90% smaller than that benchmark.
Across the 3 schools in Stewart County (338 students total), Stewart County High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, Stewart County High School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (89%); the rest comes out to 5% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Stewart County as a whole is about 68% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Stewart County High School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Stewart County High School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Stewart County runs at roughly 96%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Stewart County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.1%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Stewart County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $33,250 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Stewart County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 338 students), Stewart County High School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Stewart County Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Stewart County High School. On composite proficiency, Stewart County High School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 29.5%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Stewart County High School has rose 3%, going from 111 students in 2018 to 114 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 96% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
