Schools · Locust Grove

Locust Grove, GA schools

Locust Grove’s public schools score well below Georgia’s averages: 33% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.8%. Kids attend Locust Grove Elementary School through grade 5, then one of 13 schools and one of 12 high schools.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade #206Best schools in GA (of 231)#126Highest graduation rate in GA (of 256)

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Locust Grove’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Locust Grove’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 54% of Georgia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

C+Test scoresC+Graduation

Georgia school districts we grade (214)Better than 46%

Lower resultsHigher results

Georgia towns with similar household incomes (238)Better than 37%

High confidence. Built on 11,547 tested students and a graduating class of 3,662; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Georgia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Georgia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Georgia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Locust Grove kids go to school

Grades PK–5

C-Locust Grove Elementary School 576 students · Locust Grove Henry County School District

Grades 6–12

13 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Henry County School District

Grades 12

12 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Henry County School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Henry County)33%

State average 38.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Henry County)24%

State average 34.8%

Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate

89%

GA: 84.8%

Graduating class

3,662

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #126 of 256 GA towns →

Districts

The district serving Locust Grove

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Henry County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 53 schools · 43,012 students

$13,908 per studentGA $15,800B-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Locust Grove

There’s no college in Locust Grove, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Southern Crescent Technical College in Griffin, 12.3 miles away.

Southern Crescent Technical CollegeCommunity college · Public · Griffin12.3 mi2,820 students Gordon State CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Barnesville20.3 mi2,130 students

Interactive College of Technology-MorrowCareer school · For-profit · Morrow21 mi113 students

Clayton State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Morrow22.1 mi3,593 students Emory University-Oxford CollegeCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Oxford23.6 mi973 students

Luther Rice College & SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Stonecrest25.1 mi47 students

Gupton Jones College of Funeral ServiceCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Stonecrest26.3 mi187 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Locust Grove. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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