Woody Gap High/Elementary School

Woody Gap High/Elementary School is a rural-scale unified-grade school in Suches, Georgia, one of the schools within Union County. The school teaches 55 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 93% smaller than typical.

Union County runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,015 students. Woody Gap High/Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Woody Gap High/Elementary School records that nearly all students (96%) are White. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Woody Gap High/Elementary School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.6:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Union County runs at roughly 83%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Woody Gap High/Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 22.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Union County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,176 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Union County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,015 students), Woody Gap High/Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Lumpkin County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 9.6 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Woody Gap High/Elementary School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Woody Gap High/Elementary School has grew 4%, going from 53 students in 2018 to 55 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 4.3:1 in 2018 to 6.6:1 today.

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