Wheeler County High School

Located at 50 Snowhill Rd, in Alamo, Georgia, Wheeler County High School is a micro-enrollment high school that instructs 254 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Wheeler County. Enrollment runs roughly 77% smaller than the state mean of about 1,120.

Within Wheeler County, which oversees 3 schools and 848 students, Wheeler County High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Wheeler County High School shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 36% Black, 8% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Wheeler County High School reports 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wheeler County runs at roughly 88%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Wheeler County High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Wheeler County indicate median household income runs about $40,539, roughly 10% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. Wheeler County High School is one of 3 public schools in Wheeler County (combined enrollment of about 848 students).

The closest other public school is Wheeler County Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wheeler County High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 285 students in 2018 compared to 254 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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