Fitzgerald High School
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% |
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* 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.