📍 455 5th St SE, Cairo, Grady County, 39828
Cairo High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Cairo, Grady County. The school has 1,274 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Grady County school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 80.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. It operates as a public charter school. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 9% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 90%. The school offers 4 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cairo High School enrolls 1,274 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 80.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% White, 33% Black or African American and 24% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 514 | 40% |
| Black or African American | 422 | 33% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 303 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 2% |
| Asian | 8 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
1,274 of the school's 1,274 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 1,274 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cairo High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-20, state senate district 11, state house district 173.
Cairo High School is one of 7 schools in Grady County, based in Cairo, Georgia. The district serves 4,415 students district-wide and employs 326 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,274 students, Cairo High School is larger than the district average of about 631 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant