Turner County High School

Located at 316 Lamar St, in Ashburn, Georgia, Turner County High School is a minimally staffed secondary school that caters to 313 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Turner County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Turner County High School sits 72% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in Turner County (1,107 students total), Turner County High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Turner County High School records that Black students make up the majority at 68%; the rest is composed of 23% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Turner County High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 100% of students at Turner County High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Turner County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 26.0%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Turner County put median household income runs about $36,799, about 10% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Turner County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,107 students), Turner County High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Turner County Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Turner County High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Turner County High School's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 353 (now 313). Over the same period, the Black share increased from 62% to 68%. Class-load math has fell: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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