Burke County High School
1057 Burke Veterans Parkway
Waynesboro GA, 30830, Burke County
Phone: 706-554-6691
Ranking: (261 out of 392, bottom 33%)*
Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Burke County School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
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: | 76 | 83 | 83 | 85 | 88 | 88 | 87 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,149 | 1,182 | 1,213 | 1,290 | 1,353 | 1,359 | 1,347 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 383 | 33.3% | 328 | 27.7% | 370 | 30.5% | 375 | 29.1% | 426 | 31.5% | 404 | 29.7% | 432 | 32.1% |
Grade 10: | 241 | 21.0% | 320 | 27.1% | 311 | 25.6% | 361 | 28.0% | 296 | 21.9% | 350 | 25.8% | 353 | 26.2% |
Grade 11: | 290 | 25.2% | 261 | 22.1% | 280 | 23.1% | 250 | 19.4% | 337 | 24.9% | 322 | 23.7% | 300 | 22.3% |
Grade 12: | 235 | 20.5% | 273 | 23.1% | 252 | 20.8% | 304 | 23.6% | 294 | 21.7% | 283 | 20.8% | 262 | 19.5% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 582 | 50.7% | 631 | 53.4% | 631 | 52.0% | 669 | 51.9% | 685 | 50.6% | 676 | 49.7% | 675 | 50.1% |
Female: | 567 | 49.3% | 551 | 46.6% | 582 | 48.0% | 621 | 48.1% | 668 | 49.4% | 659 | 48.5% | 651 | 48.3% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.5% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
Asian: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.1% |
Hispanic: | 8 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.4% | 11 | 0.8% | 13 | 1.0% |
Black: | 782 | 68.1% | 808 | 68.4% | 826 | 68.1% | 862 | 66.8% | 900 | 66.5% | 900 | 66.2% | 915 | 67.9% |
White: | 341 | 29.7% | 351 | 29.7% | 358 | 29.5% | 391 | 30.3% | 428 | 31.6% | 428 | 31.5% | 400 | 29.7% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 12 | 1.0% | 11 | 0.9% | 18 | 1.5% | 22 | 1.7% | 15 | 1.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,146 | 99.7% | 756 | 64.0% | 776 | 64.0% | 820 | 63.6% | 866 | 64.0% | 870 | 64.0% | 862 | 64.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 175 | 14.8% | 179 | 14.8% | 190 | 14.7% | 200 | 14.8% | 201 | 14.8% | 199 | 14.8% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.06 | 14.29 | 14.61 | 15.18 | 15.38 | 15.40 | 15.60 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
EOCT | ||||||
2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 66% | 72% | 64% |
2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 66.1% | 72.1% | 65% |
2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 62.7% | 62.7% | 55% |
2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 46.9% | 46.9% | 40% |
2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80% | 80% | 81% |
2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.8% | 71.7% | 81% |
2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.5% | 84.5% | 84% |
2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.6% | 78.6% | 86% |
2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 69.5% | 69.5% | 86.1% |
2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.5% | 84.5% | 88.1% |
2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.3% | 83.3% | 89.2% |
2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.1% | 84.1% | N/A |
2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 39% | 39% | 57% |
2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 38.5% | 38.1% | 58% |
2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 48.6% | 48.6% | 62% |
2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 36.6% | 36.6% | 64% |
2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 38.7% | 38.7% | 66.1% |
2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 48.7% | 48.7% | 69.9% |
2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 63.7% | 63.7% | 72.7% |
2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | N/A |
2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 20.5% | 20.5% | 36.9% |
2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 33% | 33% | 58% |
2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 57.1% | 53.3% | 66% |
2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 54.4% | 54.4% | 68% |
2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 53.9% | 53.9% | 68% |
2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 42.7% | 42.7% | 70.3% |
2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 58.4% | 58.4% | 72.2% |
2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 64% | 64% | 77.3% |
2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 53.8% | 53.8% | 78.9% |
2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 69% | 69% | 62% |
2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 67.9% | 67.9% | 63% |
2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 68.6% | 68.6% | 61% |
2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 44.6% | 44.6% | 47% |
2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 50.2% | 50.2% | 64.4% |
2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 45.7% | 45.7% | 61.3% |
2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 50.6% | 50.6% | 65.2% |
2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 23.4% | 23.4% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 65.1% | 65.1% | 52.3% |
2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 71.5% | 71.5% | 54.8% |
2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 58.2% | 58.2% | 53.9% |
2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 55.5% | 55.5% | 59.1% |
2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 49% | 49% | 65% |
2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 60% | 59.4% | 68% |
2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 67.7% | 67.7% | 73% |
2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 62.3% | 62.3% | 76% |
2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 67% | 67% | 79.4% |
2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 68.1% | 68.1% | 82.3% |
2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.2% | 79.2% | 84.1% |
2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 71.4% | 71.4% | 85.7% |
2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 56% | 56% | 61% |
2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 47.6% | 47% | 62% |
2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 52.7% | 52.7% | 63% |
2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 59.2% | 59.2% | 67% |
2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 69.6% | 69.6% | 72.2% |
2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 70.8% | 70.8% | 76.2% |
2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 72.3% | 72.3% | 77.5% |
2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 79.8% | 79.8% | 82.7% |
2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 63% | 63% | 71% |
2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 64.7% | 64.6% | 71% |
2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 50% | 50% | 59% |
2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 45.9% | 45.9% | 60% |
2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 46.8% | 46.8% | 61.8% |
2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 65.9% | 65.9% | 66.2% |
2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 58.9% | 58.9% | 68.3% |
2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 58.7% | 58.7% | 72.6% |
GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 83.8% | 83.8% | 90% |
2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 78.65% | 78.6% | 89.98% |
2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 78.6% | 78.6% | 90.1% |
2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 91% |
2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 90% | 90% | 84% |
2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 79.4% | 79.4% | 86.2% |
2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 73.48% | 73.5% | 87.85% |
2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 77.2% | 77.2% | 90% |
2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 93% |
2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 59.7% | 59.7% | 77.9% |
2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81% | 81% | 80% |
GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 96% |
2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 94.9% | 94.9% | 96.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 92% |
2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90.6% | 90.6% | 91.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90% | 90% | 92% |
2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90.71% | 91% | 93.51% |
2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88% | 88% | 91% |
2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 58% | 58% | 73% |
2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 60.3% | 60.3% | 73.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86% | 86% | 86% |
2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 80.7% | 80.7% | 87.1% |
2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81% | 81% | 86% |
2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 73.93% | 74% | 87.24% |
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* Burke County 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.