The Foundry

As a minimally staffed four-year high school in Gainesville, Georgia, The Foundry hosts 28 students from grades 6 through 12, run under Hall County. That puts it 98% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Hall County runs 38 schools in total, collectively educating 28,028 students. The Foundry is one of those campuses.

Demographically, The Foundry logs that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 32% White, 14% Black. By comparison, Hall County as a whole is about 29% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, The Foundry has 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Hall County's rate of about 64%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, The Foundry sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 34.9%; actual is 5.0%, a gap of -29.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Hall County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,901, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Hall County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,525 students), The Foundry is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lanier College and Career Academy, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, The Foundry comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 23.4%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.