Winder-Barrow High School

Winder-Barrow High School is one of the well-populated high schools in Winder, Georgia, operated by Barrow County, with 1,869 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 67% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Barrow County comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 15,313 students; Winder-Barrow High School is among them.

On demographics, Winder-Barrow High School lists that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 28% Hispanic, 15% Black, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Barrow County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Barrow County (around 60%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Winder-Barrow High School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.0%; Winder-Barrow High School posts 35.4%, -15.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Barrow County put the typical household earns roughly $80,653 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Winder-Barrow High School is one of 17 public schools in Barrow County (combined enrollment of about 15,313 students).

Nearest neighbor: Russell Middle School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Winder-Barrow High School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

Winder-Barrow High School operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 7%: 2,012 students in 2018 compared to 1,869 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 46% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.