Bowdon High School
504 West College St
Bowdon GA, 30108, Carroll County
Phone: 770-258-5408
Ranking: 
(184 out of 392, top 47%)*
(184 out of 392, top 47%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Carroll 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: | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 442 | 431 | 477 | 473 | 469 | 476 | 475 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 132 | 29.9% | 107 | 24.8% | 138 | 28.9% | 136 | 28.8% | 138 | 29.4% | 144 | 30.3% | 135 | 28.4% |
| Grade 10: | 85 | 19.2% | 120 | 27.8% | 127 | 26.6% | 119 | 25.2% | 132 | 28.1% | 114 | 23.9% | 125 | 26.3% |
| Grade 11: | 111 | 25.1% | 117 | 27.1% | 93 | 19.5% | 115 | 24.3% | 106 | 22.6% | 117 | 24.6% | 118 | 24.8% |
| Grade 12: | 114 | 25.8% | 87 | 20.2% | 119 | 24.9% | 103 | 21.8% | 93 | 19.8% | 101 | 21.2% | 97 | 20.4% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 239 | 54.1% | 222 | 51.5% | 251 | 52.6% | 251 | 53.1% | 259 | 55.2% | 245 | 51.5% | 253 | 53.3% |
| Female: | 203 | 45.9% | 209 | 48.5% | 226 | 47.4% | 222 | 46.9% | 210 | 44.8% | 194 | 40.8% | 195 | 41.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Hispanic: | 14 | 3.2% | 13 | 3.0% | 11 | 2.3% | 13 | 2.7% | 17 | 3.6% | 7 | 1.5% | 7 | 1.5% |
| Black: | 65 | 14.7% | 62 | 14.4% | 73 | 15.3% | 72 | 15.2% | 68 | 14.5% | 81 | 17.0% | 74 | 15.6% |
| White: | 332 | 75.1% | 326 | 75.6% | 358 | 75.1% | 351 | 74.2% | 354 | 75.5% | 359 | 75.4% | 370 | 77.9% |
| 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: | 30 | 6.8% | 30 | 7.0% | 34 | 7.1% | 37 | 7.8% | 30 | 6.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 214 | 48.4% | 199 | 46.2% | 234 | 49.1% | 256 | 54.1% | 217 | 46.3% | 207 | 43.5% | 196 | 41.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 43 | 9.7% | 40 | 9.3% | 40 | 8.4% | 59 | 12.5% | 57 | 12.2% | 60 | 12.6% | 46 | 9.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.75 | 17.74 | 19.08 | 19.07 | 17.70 | 16.90 | 17.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 48% | 59% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 44% | 58.9% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 42.5% | 34.1% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 45.9% | 30.5% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78% | 72% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 73.1% | 70.1% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.8% | 72.4% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75.9% | 74.4% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.7% | 79.9% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 74.5% | 80.3% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.4% | 82.1% | 89.2% |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 77% | 73% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 65.3% | 55.4% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 61.6% | 58.8% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 62.3% | 59.9% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 60% | 57% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 71.3% | 67.8% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 80% | 70.8% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 75.2% | 70.9% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 28.1% | 33.4% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 61% | 57% | 58% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 70% | 69.9% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 84.9% | 69.1% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 76% | 66% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 87.6% | 64.9% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 68.8% | 61.7% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 54.1% | 30.5% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 49.2% | 52% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 70.1% | 59.9% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 64.9% | 66% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 34.3% | 36.2% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 46.4% | 56.7% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 56.8% | 60% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 49.2% | 56.3% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 62% | 59% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 59.8% | 60.6% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 62.1% | 61.4% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78% | 75.2% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.3% | 77.9% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.4% | 75.4% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 77.2% | 78.6% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.1% | 79.8% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68% | 68% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 64.8% | 70.5% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68.6% | 70.3% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 53.6% | 65.7% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 69.2% | 71% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68.8% | 75.7% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 87.4% | 74.6% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 96.7% | 84.6% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73% | 59% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 63.2% | 55.6% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 54.8% | 46.9% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 48.6% | 42.4% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 45.9% | 43.4% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 50.8% | 53.9% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 48.4% | 57.8% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 54.6% | 59.1% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 95.1% | 90.2% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 87.25% | 85.5% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90.5% | 87.3% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 85% | 86% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 79% | 77% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 84.2% | 83.6% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 86.13% | 84.2% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 97.9% | 88.5% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 77.6% | 70.8% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 70% | 71% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 94% | 92% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 97.9% | 94.5% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 87% | 86% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 99% | 88.4% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 98% | 91% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93.07% | 91% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88% | 87% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 59% | 64% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 72% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 78% | 76% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 95.8% | 84.5% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 93% | 86% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 87% | 84% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Bowdon High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.