Thomson High School

Thomson High School, a mid-tier secondary school in Thomson, Georgia, part of McDuffie County, instructs 962 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

McDuffie County comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,088 students; Thomson High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Thomson High School records that the largest single group is Black, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 29% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, McDuffie County as a whole is about 40% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, McDuffie County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Thomson High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for McDuffie County indicate the typical household earns roughly $56,733 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across McDuffie County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,088 students), Thomson High School is one campus in the mix.

Thomson-McDuffie Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Thomson High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.3%.

Thomson High School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 1,144 students in 2018 compared to 962 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 41% to 29% over that span.

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