Banks County High School
1486a Historic Homer Hwy
Homer GA, 30547, Banks County
Phone: 706-677-2221
Ranking: 
(141 out of 392, top 36%)*
(141 out of 392, top 36%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Banks 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: | 62 | 60 | 61 | 54 | 54 | 56 | 54 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 867 | 803 | 830 | 823 | 855 | 886 | 832 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 267 | 30.8% | 216 | 26.9% | 252 | 30.4% | 235 | 28.6% | 217 | 25.4% | 234 | 26.4% | 255 | 30.6% |
| Grade 10: | 205 | 23.6% | 226 | 28.1% | 221 | 26.6% | 200 | 24.3% | 217 | 25.4% | 253 | 28.6% | 229 | 27.5% |
| Grade 11: | 208 | 24.0% | 196 | 24.4% | 192 | 23.1% | 189 | 23.0% | 238 | 27.8% | 211 | 23.8% | 196 | 23.6% |
| Grade 12: | 187 | 21.6% | 165 | 20.5% | 165 | 19.9% | 199 | 24.2% | 183 | 21.4% | 188 | 21.2% | 152 | 18.3% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 433 | 49.9% | 388 | 48.3% | 414 | 49.9% | 436 | 53.0% | 457 | 53.5% | 462 | 52.1% | 434 | 52.2% |
| Female: | 434 | 50.1% | 415 | 51.7% | 416 | 50.1% | 387 | 47.0% | 398 | 46.5% | 412 | 46.5% | 392 | 47.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 7 | 0.8% | 9 | 1.1% | 14 | 1.7% | 22 | 2.7% | 23 | 2.7% | 21 | 2.4% | 21 | 2.5% |
| Hispanic: | 57 | 6.6% | 54 | 6.7% | 56 | 6.7% | 54 | 6.6% | 49 | 5.7% | 47 | 5.3% | 49 | 5.9% |
| Black: | 25 | 2.9% | 23 | 2.9% | 29 | 3.5% | 28 | 3.4% | 24 | 2.8% | 31 | 3.5% | 31 | 3.7% |
| White: | 759 | 87.5% | 705 | 87.8% | 726 | 87.5% | 718 | 87.2% | 758 | 88.7% | 782 | 88.3% | 727 | 87.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 17 | 2.0% | 11 | 1.4% | 5 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 431 | 49.7% | 379 | 47.2% | 417 | 50.2% | 406 | 49.3% | 406 | 47.5% | 360 | 40.6% | 324 | 38.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 88 | 10.1% | 97 | 12.1% | 88 | 10.6% | 94 | 11.4% | 93 | 10.9% | 139 | 15.7% | 122 | 14.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 13.94 | 13.43 | 13.65 | 15.33 | 15.80 | 15.70 | 15.50 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 59% | 59% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 71.7% | 71.7% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 56.4% | 56.4% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 61.1% | 61.1% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 77.2% | 77.2% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.3% | 84.3% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.1% | 88.1% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.7% | 86.7% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 94.1% | 94.1% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.9% | 89.9% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 94.2% | 94.2% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 58% | 58% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 49.2% | 49.2% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 61.1% | 61.1% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 72% | 72% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 72.8% | 72.8% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 83.6% | 83.6% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 82.5% | 82.5% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 77.2% | 77.2% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 28.9% | 28.9% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 61% | 61% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 56.3% | 56.3% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 64.2% | 64.2% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 55.7% | 55.7% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 71.9% | 71.9% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 72.3% | 72.3% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 69.5% | 69.5% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 79% | 79% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 88.1% | 88.1% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 82.4% | 82.4% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 66.5% | 66.5% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 55.5% | 55.5% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 81.2% | 81.2% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 64.3% | 64.3% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 65.5% | 65.5% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 57.9% | 57.9% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 72.5% | 72.5% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 69% | 69% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 68.9% | 68.9% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75.9% | 75.9% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.5% | 79.5% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 81.1% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 90.6% | 90.6% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.9% | 89.9% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.1% | 84.1% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 64% | 64% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 56.6% | 56.6% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 66.7% | 66.7% | 63% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 89.8% | 89.8% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 94.2% | 94.2% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73% | 73% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 57.9% | 57.9% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 66.1% | 66.1% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73.8% | 73.8% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73.9% | 73.9% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 90% | 90% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 75.4% | 75.4% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 90.6% | 90.6% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 86.9% | 86.9% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 89.3% | 89.3% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 89.2% | 89.2% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 85.7% | 85.7% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 87.23% | 87.3% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 99% | 99% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86% | 86% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 90.1% | 90.1% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88.8% | 88.8% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91.98% | 92% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 68% | 68% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 87% | 87% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 83.7% | 83.7% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88.24% | 88% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Banks 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.