Summary:
Zip code 31771 is home to one high school, Colquitt County High School, a large public school in Norman Park serving grades 10–12 with an enrollment of 1,932 students.
Colquitt County High School is showing positive momentum, improving its statewide ranking from 169th to 154th out of roughly 455 Georgia high schools over the past year. The school boasts a strong graduation rate of 90.6%, which exceeds both the Colquitt County district average (89.3%) and the state average (87.2%). Its dropout rate of 1.2% is just half the state average of 2.4%, indicating strong student retention. Academically, the school shines in Biology, with 52.2% of students scoring proficient on the End of Course exam—5 points above the state average. U.S. History proficiency, while dipping slightly year-over-year, remains a comparative strength at 43.3%, outpacing the state by nearly 5 points. Algebra I saw a dramatic 15.4-point improvement to 44.8% proficiency, though it still trails the state average by 3.3 points.
The most pressing concern is chronic absenteeism, which sits at 20.7%—significantly higher than both the district (15.1%) and state (17.7%). This means more than one in five students is chronically absent, a potential barrier to further academic gains despite the school's otherwise strong graduation metrics. Per-student spending is a robust $14,319, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. Note that English Language Arts scores for the current year have not yet been released; the most recent available data shows American Literature proficiency at 30.2%, well below the state average, but no conclusions should be drawn from the missing current-year data. Overall, this is a school with clear strengths in graduation rates and science, but absenteeism and math proficiency remain areas for targeted improvement.
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