Wilcox County High School

Wilcox County High School, a rural-scale secondary school in Rochelle, Georgia, operated by Wilcox County, instructs 343 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 69% below the state mean of about 1,120.

Wilcox County comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,126 students; Wilcox County High School is among them.

On demographics, Wilcox County High School reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 33% Black, 5% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Wilcox County (around 90%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Wilcox County High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 47.1%, a residual of +11.7 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Wilcox County) shows that median household earnings sit near $54,138, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wilcox County High School is one of 3 public schools in Wilcox County (combined enrollment of about 1,126 students).

Wilcox County Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Wilcox County High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 29.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wilcox County High School has grew 7%, going from 320 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 37% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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