Enrollment
55
Combined
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION COUNTY·NCES 130525001721
Woody Gap High/Elementary School
2331 State Highway 60, Suches, GA 30572 · (706) 747-2401 · Union County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL55 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
6.6:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
55 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 5 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 5 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 3 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 2 | 4% |
| Grade 9 | 3 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 6 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 1 | 2% |
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -12.1pp since 2023
Math
6.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 6.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 2.9% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Woody Gap High/Elementary School
Woody Gap High/Elementary School's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woody Gap High/Elementary School this school | 55 | 100.0% | 22.0% |
| KidsPeace Bowdon | 50 | 94.0% | 0.0% |
| Spring Creek Charter Academy Bainbridge | 474 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Hillside Conant School Atlanta | 67 | 95.5% | 14.3% |
| Devereux Ackerman Academy Kennesaw | 54 | 94.4% | 4.0% |
| Taliaferro County School Crawfordville | 184 | 99.5% | 22.2% |
Matched among Georgia K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Woody Gap High/Elementary School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 55 | #18 of 29 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
55
-5 (-8%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 85
Student : Teacher
6.6:1
was 7.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55 | 8.3 | 6.6:1 | 100% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 56 | 10.2 | 5.5:1 | 88% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 66 | 11.1 | 6.0:1 | 67% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 60 | 8 | 7.5:1 | 65% (39) |
| 2017-18 | 53 | 12.2 | 4.3:1 | 64% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 64 | 13 | 4.9:1 | 72% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 95 | 14 | 6.8:1 | 74% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 94 | 13 | 7.2:1 | 37% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 85 | 16 | 5.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woody Gap High/Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (53 to 55); teachers down 32% (12.2 to 8.3).
About Woody Gap High/Elementary School
Families in Suches, Georgia, are served by Woody Gap High/Elementary School, a small combined-grade school. The school's enrollment of 55 students covers kindergarten through 12. Enrollment is 93% lower than the average for combined schools in Georgia, which is about 738.
Within Union County, Woody Gap High/Elementary School is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 3,015 students.
The large majority of students at Woody Gap High/Elementary School, 96%, are White. County-wide, about 93% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Woody Gap High/Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Federal data list 8.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Woody Gap High/Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 6.6:1. Among combined schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 11.7:1. The lunch program counts 100% of students at Woody Gap High/Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Union County average 83%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Woody Gap High/Elementary School would be expected to post about 25.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 22.0%.
Census estimates describe Union County this way: median household income is about $66,176, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 5 public schools in Union County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,015.
The school nearest to Woody Gap High/Elementary School is Lumpkin County High School, at a distance of about 9.6 miles. On average proficiency, Woody Gap High/Elementary School is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Woody Gap High/Elementary School's location as Rural: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 60 to 55.
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Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,304
Census ACS
Median income
$66,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
3,015 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Union County
- Union County High SchoolHigh · 901 students
- Union County Primary SchoolElementary · 752 students
- Union County Elementary SchoolElementary · 666 students
- Union County Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
Nearby schools
- Lumpkin County High School9.6 mi · 1,125
- Lumpkin County Middle School10.5 mi · 864
- Cottrell Elementary School11.5 mi · 583
- Long Branch Elementary School13.1 mi · 403
- Union County Primary School13.4 mi · 752
- Union County Elementary School13.4 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About Woody Gap High/Elementary SchoolHow large is Woody Gap High/Elementary School?
Woody Gap High/Elementary School enrolls approximately 55 students in grades KG-12.
Is Woody Gap High/Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woody Gap High/Elementary School is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woody Gap High/Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woody Gap High/Elementary School is approximately 6.6:1 (8 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Woody Gap High/Elementary School?
Student demographics at Woody Gap High/Elementary School are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
What district is Woody Gap High/Elementary School in?
Woody Gap High/Elementary School is part of Union County.
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