Dawson County High School
1665 Perimeter Rd
Dawsonville GA, 30534, Dawson County
Phone: 706-265-6555
Ranking: (88 out of 392, top 22%)*
Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Dawson County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
Total Teachers: | 55 | 55 | 62 | 62 | 63 | 65 | 66 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,087 | 1,053 | 1,025 | 1,030 | 1,002 | 996 | 942 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 289 | 26.6% | 300 | 28.5% | 299 | 29.2% | 312 | 30.3% | 267 | 26.6% | 299 | 30.0% | 294 | 31.2% |
Grade 10: | 283 | 26.0% | 300 | 28.5% | 288 | 28.1% | 241 | 23.4% | 270 | 26.9% | 267 | 26.8% | 257 | 27.3% |
Grade 11: | 260 | 23.9% | 251 | 23.8% | 215 | 21.0% | 237 | 23.0% | 246 | 24.6% | 235 | 23.6% | 201 | 21.3% |
Grade 12: | 255 | 23.5% | 202 | 19.2% | 223 | 21.8% | 240 | 23.3% | 219 | 21.9% | 195 | 19.6% | 190 | 20.2% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 573 | 52.7% | 556 | 52.8% | 543 | 53.0% | 533 | 51.7% | 518 | 51.7% | 504 | 50.6% | 460 | 48.8% |
Female: | 514 | 47.3% | 497 | 47.2% | 482 | 47.0% | 497 | 48.3% | 484 | 48.3% | 479 | 48.1% | 476 | 50.5% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
Asian: | 3 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.5% | 7 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.7% | 5 | 0.5% |
Hispanic: | 54 | 5.0% | 50 | 4.7% | 36 | 3.5% | 36 | 3.5% | 40 | 4.0% | 35 | 3.5% | 25 | 2.7% |
Black: | 3 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
White: | 1,002 | 92.2% | 981 | 93.2% | 977 | 95.3% | 975 | 94.7% | 948 | 94.6% | 949 | 95.3% | 908 | 96.4% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 22 | 2.0% | 13 | 1.2% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 325 | 29.9% | 318 | 30.2% | 318 | 31.0% | 324 | 31.5% | 274 | 27.3% | 220 | 22.1% | 184 | 19.5% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 98 | 9.0% | 101 | 9.6% | 71 | 6.9% | 71 | 6.9% | 85 | 8.5% | 71 | 7.1% | 78 | 8.3% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.95 | 19.22 | 16.48 | 16.69 | 15.88 | 15.30 | 14.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
EOCT | ||||||
2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 74% | 79% | 64% |
2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 66.6% | 77.9% | 65% |
2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 56.9% | 56.9% | 55% |
2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 40.4% | 40.4% | 40% |
2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88% | 88% | 81% |
2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.4% | 86.4% | 81% |
2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.4% | 92.4% | 84% |
2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 86% |
2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 90.6% | 88.6% | 86.1% |
2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.3% | 88.4% | 88.1% |
2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91.7% | 88.9% | 89.2% |
2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.4% | 89.4% | N/A |
2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 57% |
2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 83.5% | 83.5% | 58% |
2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 74.6% | 74.6% | 62% |
2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 83.2% | 83.2% | 64% |
2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 76.6% | 74% | 66.1% |
2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 80.7% | 80.9% | 69.9% |
2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 87.9% | 85.9% | 72.7% |
2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 89.4% | 89.4% | N/A |
2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 46.4% | 46.4% | 36.9% |
2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 76% | 76% | 58% |
2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 71.3% | 71.3% | 66% |
2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 74.2% | 74.2% | 68% |
2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 80.3% | 80.3% | 68% |
2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 81.3% | 75.4% | 70.3% |
2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 80.3% | 74.8% | 72.2% |
2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 82.3% | 82.3% | 77.3% |
2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 86.6% | 86.6% | 78.9% |
2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 62% |
2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 63% |
2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 79.3% | 79.3% | 61% |
2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 64.3% | 64.3% | 47% |
2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 77.5% | 73.4% | 64.4% |
2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 57.8% | 54.9% | 61.3% |
2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 79.1% | 73.8% | 65.2% |
2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 43.4% | 42.1% | 52.3% |
2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 50.4% | 46.7% | 54.8% |
2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 63% | 59.4% | 53.9% |
2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 66.1% | 66.1% | 59.1% |
2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 71% | 71% | 65% |
2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 77.2% | 77.2% | 68% |
2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.5% | 79.5% | 73% |
2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.2% | 78.2% | 76% |
2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.7% | 80.9% | 79.4% |
2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.6% | 87% | 82.3% |
2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.4% | 87.4% | 84.1% |
2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.6% | 95.6% | 85.7% |
2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 69% | 69% | 61% |
2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 65.3% | 65.3% | 62% |
2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 71.2% | 71.2% | 63% |
2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 75.8% | 75.8% | 67% |
2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 86.8% | 83.4% | 72.2% |
2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85.4% | 85.4% | 76.2% |
2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 87.9% | 87.4% | 77.5% |
2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 88% | 88% | 82.7% |
2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 86% | 86% | 71% |
2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 82.1% | 82.1% | 71% |
2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 81.6% | 81.6% | 59% |
2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 76.6% | 76.6% | 60% |
2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73.4% | 72.1% | 61.8% |
2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 70.3% | 59% | 66.2% |
2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 89.1% | 89.1% | 68.3% |
2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 70.2% | 70.2% | 72.6% |
GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90.3% | 90.3% | 90% |
2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 94.03% | 94% | 89.98% |
2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 88.5% | 88.5% | 90.1% |
2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 91% |
2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 84% |
2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91.8% | 91.8% | 86.2% |
2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 94.01% | 94% | 87.85% |
2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91.9% | 91.9% | 90% |
2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 93% |
2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 79.1% | 79.1% | 77.9% |
2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 78% | 78% | 80% |
GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 99% | 99% | 96% |
2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 99.5% | 99.5% | 96.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 92% |
2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96.3% | 96.3% | 91.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 92% |
2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96.33% | 96% | 93.51% |
2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 91% |
2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 73% |
2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 86.7% | 86.7% | 73.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 86% |
2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 95.2% | 95.2% | 87.1% |
2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 86% |
2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 94.5% | 94% | 87.24% |
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* Dawson County High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.