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Thomasville High School
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are down about 10 points since 2021.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Thomasville High School
Set in Thomasville, Georgia, Thomasville High School is a close-knit high school, part of Thomasville City. It teaches 742 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Thomasville High School sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.
Thomasville City comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,622 students; Thomasville High School is among them.
Looking at the student body, Thomasville High School records that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 31% White, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Thomas County as a whole is about 35% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, Thomasville High School reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, Thomasville High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.1%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Thomas County shows median household earnings sit near $60,736, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Thomas County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,451 students), of which Thomasville High School is one.
Scott Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Thomasville High School. On composite proficiency, Thomasville High School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 28.2%.
Thomasville High School operates from a town-center location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 762 students in 2018 compared to 742 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for Thomasville High School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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