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Upson-Lee High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
268 Knight Trl
Thomaston, GA 30286
Phone
(706) 647-8171
District
THOMASTON-UPSON COUNTY
County
UPSON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1195
Classroom Teachers
74

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Georgia

5

(10 is best)

Better than 43.4% of all GA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Upson-Lee High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

50 40 30 20 10 0
28%
37%
24%
43%
31%
30%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
16
14
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 375 31.4%
Grade 10 329 27.5%
Grade 11 263 22.0%
Grade 12 228 19.1%
Total 1195 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 57.6% 57.2% 38.6%
Black 36.7% 37.6% 38.1%
Hispanic 5.0% 4.5% 18.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.6% 4.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,424 10,912,876
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 83.7 187
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.8% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.8% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.4% 33.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.9% 25.4%
65 OR OLDER 18.1% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,364 3,946,490
Single Parent Households With Children 9.9% 9.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 82.7% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 14.6% 33.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.2% 18.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.2% 16.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.5% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.1% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.0% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 18.7% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 18.2% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,517 $27,006,448 55.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $625 $2,590,000 5.3%
Staff $504 $2,088,576 4.3%
General Administration $294 $1,218,336 2.5%
School Administration $746 $3,091,424 6.4%
Operation $985 $4,081,840 8.4%
Transportation $578 $2,395,232 4.9%
Other $178 $737,632 1.5%
Total Support $3,909 $16,198,896 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,304 $5,403,776 11.1%
Total Expenditures $11,730 $48,609,120 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,173 $12,487,910,271 54.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $676 $1,176,548,933 5.1%
Staff $594 $1,034,558,924 4.5%
General Administration $154 $268,921,756 1.2%
School Administration $768 $1,337,003,569 5.8%
Operation $900 $1,567,657,475 6.8%
Transportation $538 $936,344,630 4.0%
Other $397 $691,196,214 3.0%
Total Support $4,028 $7,012,277,581 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,085 $3,630,005,298 15.7%
Total Expenditures $13,287 $23,130,146,352 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%