Calhoun High School
355 South River St Calhoun GA, 30701, Gordon County Phone: 706-629-9213 Ranking:  (80 out of 392, top 20%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Calhoun City 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: | 59 | 57 | 56 | 54 | 59 | 62 | 61 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 997 | 909 | 863 | 869 | 878 | 904 | 850 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 302 | 30.3% | 269 | 29.6% | 265 | 30.7% | 221 | 25.4% | 241 | 27.4% | 273 | 30.2% | 267 | 31.4% |
| Grade 10: | 264 | 26.5% | 251 | 27.6% | 195 | 22.6% | 222 | 25.5% | 234 | 26.7% | 246 | 27.2% | 216 | 25.4% |
| Grade 11: | 244 | 24.5% | 202 | 22.2% | 185 | 21.4% | 221 | 25.4% | 220 | 25.1% | 200 | 22.1% | 201 | 23.6% |
| Grade 12: | 187 | 18.8% | 187 | 20.6% | 218 | 25.3% | 205 | 23.6% | 183 | 20.8% | 185 | 20.5% | 166 | 19.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 501 | 50.3% | 467 | 51.4% | 438 | 50.8% | 441 | 50.7% | 440 | 50.1% | 433 | 47.9% | 409 | 48.1% |
| Female: | 496 | 49.7% | 442 | 48.6% | 425 | 49.2% | 428 | 49.3% | 438 | 49.9% | 451 | 49.9% | 426 | 50.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 24 | 2.4% | 21 | 2.3% | 17 | 2.0% | 11 | 1.3% | 12 | 1.4% | 17 | 1.9% | 17 | 2.0% |
| Hispanic: | 278 | 27.9% | 254 | 27.9% | 223 | 25.8% | 226 | 26.0% | 223 | 25.4% | 226 | 25.0% | 199 | 23.4% |
| Black: | 67 | 6.7% | 70 | 7.7% | 63 | 7.3% | 75 | 8.6% | 78 | 8.9% | 84 | 9.3% | 82 | 9.6% |
| White: | 605 | 60.7% | 547 | 60.2% | 547 | 63.4% | 543 | 62.5% | 554 | 63.1% | 565 | 62.5% | 541 | 63.6% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 22 | 2.2% | 17 | 1.9% | 13 | 1.5% | 13 | 1.5% | 9 | 1.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 458 | 45.9% | 448 | 49.3% | 361 | 41.8% | 366 | 42.1% | 349 | 39.7% | 363 | 40.2% | 306 | 36.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 73 | 7.3% | 62 | 6.8% | 69 | 8.0% | 70 | 8.1% | 62 | 7.1% | 53 | 5.9% | 46 | 5.4% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.96 | 16.09 | 15.36 | 15.97 | 14.88 | 14.50 | 13.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 71% | 71% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 56.6% | 64.7% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 65.1% | 65.1% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 41% | 41% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78% | 78% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.5% | 76.5% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 70.8% | 70.8% | 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 | 80.9% | 80.9% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.8% | 81.8% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.3% | 85.3% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 94.6% | 94.6% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 54% | 54% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 58.9% | 58.9% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 49.8% | 49.8% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 59.2% | 59.2% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 51.2% | 51.2% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 60.9% | 60.9% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 71.4% | 71.4% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 72.5% | 72.5% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 34.8% | 34.8% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 55% | 55% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 23.1% | 23.1% | 66% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 8.3% | 8.3% | 68% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 16.6% | 16.6% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 58.1% | 58.1% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 64.2% | 64.2% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 59.1% | 59.1% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 63.7% | 63.7% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 62.4% | 62.4% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 74.7% | 74.7% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 57.2% | 57.2% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 52.2% | 52.2% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 57.1% | 57.1% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 74.3% | 74.3% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 64% | 64% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 66% | 66% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 74.7% | 74.7% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.8% | 79.8% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.6% | 78.6% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.8% | 83.8% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.1% | 87.1% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 67% | 67% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 54.4% | 54.4% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 51.9% | 51.9% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 79.7% | 79.7% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 74.9% | 74.9% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 82.1% | 82.1% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 87.8% | 87.8% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 83% | 83% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 80.9% | 80.9% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 59.8% | 59.8% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 61.4% | 61.4% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 57% | 57% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 65.3% | 65.3% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 69.2% | 69.2% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73% | 73% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 96.6% | 96.6% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90.81% | 90.8% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 93.5% | 93.5% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 90% | 90% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 96.2% | 96.2% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 92.98% | 92.9% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 94.5% | 94.5% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 83.1% | 83.1% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88% | 88% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 97.7% | 97.7% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 100% | 100% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95.4% | 95.4% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95.65% | 96% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 81% | 81% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 95.4% | 95.4% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89.67% | 90% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Calhoun High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.