Dothan High School
1236 South Oates St
Dothan AL, 36301, Houston County
Phone: 334-794-1400
Ranking: 
(280 out of 359, bottom 22%)*
(280 out of 359, bottom 22%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Dothan 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 | 60 | 65 | 60 | 63 | 82 | 89 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,221 | 1,155 | 1,193 | 1,168 | 1,178 | 1,333 | 1,440 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 353 | 28.9% | 290 | 25.1% | 351 | 29.4% | 280 | 24.0% | 347 | 29.5% | 401 | 30.1% | 446 | 31.0% |
| Grade 10: | 291 | 23.8% | 311 | 26.9% | 285 | 23.9% | 335 | 28.7% | 306 | 26.0% | 338 | 25.4% | 350 | 24.3% |
| Grade 11: | 308 | 25.2% | 265 | 22.9% | 301 | 25.2% | 283 | 24.2% | 274 | 23.3% | 295 | 22.1% | 317 | 22.0% |
| Grade 12: | 269 | 22.0% | 289 | 25.0% | 256 | 21.5% | 270 | 23.1% | 251 | 21.3% | 299 | 22.4% | 327 | 22.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 624 | 51.1% | 587 | 50.8% | 575 | 48.2% | 574 | 49.1% | 549 | 46.6% | 599 | 44.9% | 681 | 47.3% |
| Female: | 597 | 48.9% | 568 | 49.2% | 618 | 51.8% | 594 | 50.9% | 621 | 52.7% | 726 | 54.5% | 755 | 52.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 9 | 0.7% | 7 | 0.6% | 5 | 0.4% | 8 | 0.7% | 8 | 0.7% | 10 | 0.8% | 10 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 31 | 2.5% | 22 | 1.9% | 28 | 2.3% | 20 | 1.7% | 18 | 1.5% | 20 | 1.5% | 19 | 1.3% |
| Black: | 734 | 60.1% | 686 | 59.4% | 691 | 57.9% | 685 | 58.6% | 684 | 58.1% | 779 | 58.4% | 835 | 58.0% |
| White: | 440 | 36.0% | 434 | 37.6% | 461 | 38.6% | 451 | 38.6% | 468 | 39.7% | 523 | 39.2% | 574 | 39.9% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 5 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 684 | 56.0% | 701 | 60.7% | 682 | 57.2% | 687 | 58.8% | 585 | 49.7% | 650 | 48.8% | 657 | 45.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 114 | 9.3% | 93 | 8.1% | 70 | 5.9% | 71 | 6.1% | 84 | 7.1% | 82 | 6.2% | 101 | 7.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.84 | 19.27 | 18.38 | 19.63 | 18.64 | 16.10 | 16.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2004 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 38.5% | 43.6% | 46.9% |
| 2005 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 48.7% | 51.2% | 44.8% |
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 41.4% | 48% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 36.54% | 42.12% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 36.23% | 40.14% | 42.56% |
| 2004 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 60% | 65% |
| 2005 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 59.5% | 60.8% | 64.3% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 56.8% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 41.21% | 46.77% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 65.22% | 71.79% | 76.43% |
| 2004 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.5% | 56.1% | 60.3% |
| 2005 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.5% | 59.3% | 56.8% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 56.9% | 59.5% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 54.49% | 60.81% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 55.07% | 59.3% | 61.43% |
| 2004 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 54.6% | 56.7% |
| 2005 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 60% | 59.1% | 54.6% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 50.4% | 55.2% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 56.48% | 58.97% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 49.27% | 57.12% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.93% | 72.45% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.73% | 90.87% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.38% | 90.58% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.41% | 93.18% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 91.63% | 93.31% | 95.24% |
| 2004 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.5% | 81.6% | 81% |
| 2005 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 81.1% | 80.4% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 82.4% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.76% | 74.92% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 77% | 75.54% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.56% | 83.3% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 68.5% | 76.32% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.65% | 74.34% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.03% | 75% | 75.1% |
| 2004 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 78.5% | 78% |
| 2005 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.1% | 75% | 78.3% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 79.3% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.62% | 77.76% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 79.67% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.01% | 84.24% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.13% | 84.4% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.32% | 85.88% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 90.24% | 88.58% | 85.03% |
| 2004 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 89.7% | 86.9% |
| 2005 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.7% | 82.8% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 83.9% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.23% | 76.92% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 73.42% | 77% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.84% | 80.78% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.16% | 81.58% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 84.44% | 84.94% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.02% | 86.95% | 82.92% |
| 2004 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 87% | 82.1% |
| 2005 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 79% | 81.3% | 80.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 83.2% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 72.45% | 77.09% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.33% | 74.59% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 75% | 73.91% | 75.76% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 68% | 72.1% | 74.2% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.1% | 73.9% | 76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 71.3% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.85% | 65.55% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.26% | 63.52% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.68% | 79.3% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 60.24% | 67.48% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.37% | 67.11% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 61.32% | 66.07% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.54% | 94.9% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.81% | 97.24% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.6% | 96.82% | 98.49% |
| 2004 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.3% | 95.3% | 95.4% |
| 2005 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 92% | 94% | 94.5% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.2% | 95% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.83% | 86.76% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.24% | 93.06% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 88.65% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.26% | 88.16% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 82.07% | 86.14% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 82.4% | 85.02% | 90.39% |
| 2004 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 97.1% | 95.7% |
| 2005 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.4% | 95.2% | 94.7% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.3% | 97% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.08% | 86.17% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.4% | 95.48% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 91.94% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.58% | 91.84% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.85% | 90.96% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 94% | 92.88% | 94.83% |
| 2004 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.7% | 97.1% | 96.5% |
| 2005 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.7% | 95% | 95.4% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 95.2% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.07% | 86.95% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 92.53% | 93.27% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.39% | 90.96% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.34% | 91.45% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 89.24% | 91.32% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 91.58% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 97.7% | 95.9% |
| 2005 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 95.7% | 95.3% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.1% | 96.2% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.87% | 88.53% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.81% | 93.06% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.17% | 87.91% | 93.62% |
| 2004 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.1% | 93.9% | 92.7% |
| 2005 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.6% | 93.4% | 93.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 91.1% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.07% | 85.57% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.1% | 90.58% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 81.56% | 82.34% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 84.56% | 84.47% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 74.9% | 77.68% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 79.96% | 89.74% |
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* Dothan High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.