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Fitzgerald High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

601 West Cypress St

Fitzgerald GA, 31750, Ben Hill County

Phone: 229-409-5530

Ranking:

(265 out of 392, bottom 32%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Ben Hill 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:	52		53		50		54		56		62		65
Total Students:	777		750		769		793		850		861		897
Grade 9:	267	34.4%	242	32.3%	267	34.7%	250	31.5%	258	30.4%	261	30.3%	282	31.4%
Grade 10:	192	24.7%	193	25.7%	208	27.0%	225	28.4%	205	24.1%	207	24.0%	211	23.5%
Grade 11:	172	22.1%	153	20.4%	132	17.2%	159	20.1%	194	22.8%	205	23.8%	195	21.7%
Grade 12:	146	18.8%	162	21.6%	162	21.1%	159	20.1%	193	22.7%	188	21.8%	209	23.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	368	47.4%	350	46.7%	366	47.6%	401	50.6%	443	52.1%	432	50.2%	445	49.6%
Female:	409	52.6%	400	53.3%	403	52.4%	392	49.4%	407	47.9%	417	48.4%	447	49.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	4	0.5%	5	0.7%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	4	0.5%	5	0.6%	7	0.8%
Hispanic:	68	8.8%	58	7.7%	52	6.8%	55	6.9%	49	5.8%	40	4.6%	34	3.8%
Black:	332	42.7%	317	42.3%	334	43.4%	338	42.6%	389	45.8%	398	46.2%	428	47.7%
White:	364	46.8%	366	48.8%	374	48.6%	387	48.8%	397	46.7%	414	48.1%	427	47.6%
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:	8	1.0%	3	0.4%	6	0.8%	11	1.4%	10	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	575	74.0%	529	70.5%	511	66.4%	543	68.5%	524	61.6%	547	63.5%	506	56.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	7.3%	61	8.1%	47	6.1%	44	5.5%	63	7.4%	74	8.6%	85	9.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.06		14.26		15.35		14.82		15.29		13.80		13.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOCT
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	45%	50%	64%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	58.3%	65.8%	65%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	41.1%	41.1%	55%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	18%	18%	40%
2006	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	65%	65%	81%
2007	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	64.4%	64.4%	81%
2008	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	63.4%	63.4%	84%
2009	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	71.3%	71.3%	86%
2010	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	86.1%
2011	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	85.1%	85.1%	88.1%
2012	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	88.1%	88.1%	89.2%
2013	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	96.6%	96.6%	N/A
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	47%	47%	57%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	54.8%	54.8%	58%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	55.5%	55.5%	62%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	46.6%	46.6%	64%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	57.9%	57.9%	66.1%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	71.3%	71.3%	69.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	79.4%	79.4%	72.7%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2013	Coordinate Algebra	End of course	% met std	26.9%	26.9%	36.9%
2006	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	60%	60%	58%
2007	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	50.5%	50.5%	66%
2008	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	40.7%	40.7%	68%
2009	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	41.3%	41.3%	68%
2010	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	63.9%	63.9%	70.3%
2011	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	75.8%	75.8%	72.2%
2012	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	88.1%	88.1%	77.3%
2013	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	85.2%	85.2%	78.9%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	49%	49%	62%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	56.2%	56.2%	63%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	39.1%	39.1%	61%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	34.1%	34.1%	47%
2010	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	63%	63%	64.4%
2011	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	70.1%	70.1%	61.3%
2012	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	67.5%	67.5%	65.2%
2013	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	13%	13%	N/A
2010	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	40%	40%	52.3%
2011	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	51.9%	51.9%	54.8%
2012	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	58.7%	58.7%	53.9%
2013	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	57.3%	57.3%	59.1%
2006	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	52%	52%	65%
2007	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	40.7%	40.7%	68%
2008	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	62.9%	62.9%	73%
2009	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	46.3%	46.3%	76%
2010	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	79.4%
2011	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	87.1%	87.1%	82.3%
2012	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	80.1%	80.1%	84.1%
2013	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	82.7%	82.7%	85.7%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	63%	63%	61%
2007	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	73.3%	73.3%	62%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	62.6%	62.6%	63%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	74.7%	74.7%	67%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	73.6%	73.6%	72.2%
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	85.2%	85.2%	76.2%
2012	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	84%	84%	77.5%
2013	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	94.7%	94.7%	82.7%
2006	United States History	End of course	% met std	54%	54%	71%
2007	United States History	End of course	% met std	60.7%	60.7%	71%
2008	United States History	End of course	% met std	32.2%	32.2%	59%
2009	United States History	End of course	% met std	48.8%	48.8%	60%
2010	United States History	End of course	% met std	44.7%	44.7%	61.8%
2011	United States History	End of course	% met std	54.3%	54.3%	66.2%
2012	United States History	End of course	% met std	63.9%	63.9%	68.3%
2013	United States History	End of course	% met std	76.2%	76.2%	72.6%
GHSGT (GPS)
2008	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	91.1%	91.1%	90%
2009	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	82.86%	82.9%	89.98%
2010	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	85.8%	85.8%	90.1%
2011	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	89%	89%	91%
2011	Math	End of course	% met std	86%	86%	84%
2008	Science	End of course	% met std	83.2%	83.2%	86.2%
2009	Science	End of course	% met std	85.06%	85.1%	87.85%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	85.7%	85.7%	90%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	95%	95%	93%
2010	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	64%	64%	77.9%
2011	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	75%	75%	80%
GHSGT (QCC)
2006	English	End of course	% met std	92%	92%	96%
2007	English	End of course	% met std	97.1%	97.1%	96.2%
2006	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	86%	86%	92%
2007	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	91.7%
2008	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	92%	92%	92%
2009	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	90.8%	91%	93.51%
2010	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	86%	86%	91%
2006	Science	End of course	% met std	61%	61%	73%
2007	Science	End of course	% met std	57.7%	57.7%	73.6%
2006	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	73%	73%	86%
2007	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	78.9%	78.9%	87.1%
2008	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	79%	79%	86%
2009	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	81.03%	81%	87.24%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Fitzgerald 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.