Harris County High School
8281 Ga Hwy 116
Hamilton GA, 31811, Harris County
Phone: 706-628-4278
Ranking:
(89 out of 392, top 23%)*

Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Harris County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
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: | 77 | 78 | 79 | 86 | 90 | 97 | 93 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,584 | 1,578 | 1,523 | 1,522 | 1,546 | 1,599 | 1,617 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 439 | 27.7% | 453 | 28.7% | 415 | 27.2% | 405 | 26.6% | 405 | 26.2% | 454 | 28.4% | 495 | 30.6% |
Grade 10: | 425 | 26.8% | 392 | 24.8% | 389 | 25.5% | 380 | 25.0% | 402 | 26.0% | 416 | 26.0% | 394 | 24.4% |
Grade 11: | 358 | 22.6% | 362 | 22.9% | 356 | 23.4% | 362 | 23.8% | 384 | 24.8% | 349 | 21.8% | 385 | 23.8% |
Grade 12: | 362 | 22.9% | 371 | 23.5% | 363 | 23.8% | 375 | 24.6% | 355 | 23.0% | 380 | 23.8% | 343 | 21.2% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 796 | 50.3% | 811 | 51.4% | 818 | 53.7% | 806 | 53.0% | 833 | 53.9% | 834 | 52.2% | 820 | 50.7% |
Female: | 788 | 49.7% | 767 | 48.6% | 705 | 46.3% | 716 | 47.0% | 713 | 46.1% | 719 | 45.0% | 765 | 47.3% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 5 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.3% | 6 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
Asian: | 7 | 0.4% | 16 | 1.0% | 12 | 0.8% | 10 | 0.7% | 9 | 0.6% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% |
Hispanic: | 51 | 3.2% | 46 | 2.9% | 46 | 3.0% | 52 | 3.4% | 54 | 3.5% | 25 | 1.6% | 31 | 1.9% |
Black: | 289 | 18.2% | 279 | 17.7% | 286 | 18.8% | 303 | 19.9% | 313 | 20.2% | 358 | 22.4% | 370 | 22.9% |
White: | 1,183 | 74.7% | 1,190 | 75.4% | 1,130 | 74.2% | 1,093 | 71.8% | 1,099 | 71.1% | 1,172 | 73.3% | 1,185 | 73.3% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 49 | 3.1% | 42 | 2.7% | 44 | 2.9% | 57 | 3.7% | 62 | 4.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 374 | 23.6% | 447 | 28.3% | 391 | 25.7% | 413 | 27.1% | 355 | 23.0% | 345 | 21.6% | 339 | 21.0% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 127 | 8.0% | 94 | 6.0% | 117 | 7.7% | 78 | 5.1% | 136 | 8.8% | 136 | 8.5% | 126 | 7.8% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.71 | 20.18 | 19.33 | 17.70 | 17.14 | 16.60 | 17.40 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
EOCT | ||||||
2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 78% | 81% | 64% |
2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 69.8% | 74% | 65% |
2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 53.8% | 53.8% | 55% |
2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 31% | 31% | 40% |
2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84% | 84% | 81% |
2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.2% | 82.2% | 81% |
2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.8% | 87.8% | 84% |
2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.9% | 88.9% | 86% |
2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.4% | 88.4% | 86.1% |
2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 96.5% | 96.5% | 88.1% |
2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.3% | 92.3% | 89.2% |
2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.4% | 87.4% | N/A |
2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 68% | 68% | 57% |
2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 69.5% | 69.5% | 58% |
2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 68.8% | 68.8% | 62% |
2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 71.1% | 71.1% | 64% |
2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 76.7% | 76.7% | 66.1% |
2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 75.3% | 75.3% | 69.9% |
2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 79.5% | 79.5% | 72.7% |
2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 82.5% | 82.5% | N/A |
2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 35.9% | 35.9% | 36.9% |
2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 41% | 41% | 58% |
2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 59.5% | 59.5% | 66% |
2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 55.7% | 55.7% | 68% |
2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 70.9% | 70.9% | 68% |
2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 67.3% | 67.3% | 70.3% |
2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 71.7% | 71.7% | 72.2% |
2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 73.3% | 73.3% | 77.3% |
2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 76.5% | 76.5% | 78.9% |
2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 66% | 68% | 62% |
2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 58.2% | 64.6% | 63% |
2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 71.8% | 71.8% | 61% |
2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 54.9% | 54.9% | 47% |
2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 71.6% | 71.6% | 64.4% |
2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 67.9% | 67.9% | 61.3% |
2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 73.7% | 73.7% | 65.2% |
2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 57.3% | 57.3% | 52.3% |
2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 63.4% | 63.4% | 54.8% |
2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 55.6% | 55.6% | 53.9% |
2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 60.2% | 60.2% | 59.1% |
2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 73% | 73% | 65% |
2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 71.1% | 71.1% | 68% |
2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.1% | 79.1% | 73% |
2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.6% | 83.6% | 76% |
2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.8% | 87.8% | 79.4% |
2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.6% | 84.6% | 82.3% |
2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83% | 83% | 84.1% |
2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.2% | 87.2% | 85.7% |
2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 73% | 73% | 61% |
2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 76.8% | 76.8% | 62% |
2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 76.7% | 76.7% | 63% |
2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 81.2% | 81.2% | 67% |
2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 72.2% |
2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85.5% | 85.5% | 76.2% |
2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 86.7% | 86.7% | 77.5% |
2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 89.4% | 89.4% | 82.7% |
2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 71% | 71% | 71% |
2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 67% | 67% | 71% |
2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 61.7% | 61.7% | 59% |
2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 56.6% | 56.6% | 60% |
2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 71.3% | 71.3% | 61.8% |
2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 84.5% | 84.5% | 66.2% |
2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73.9% | 73.9% | 68.3% |
2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 81.1% | 72.6% |
GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 92.3% | 92.3% | 90% |
2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91.75% | 91.7% | 89.98% |
2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 93.6% | 93.6% | 90.1% |
2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 91% |
2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 84% |
2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91.7% | 91.7% | 86.2% |
2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 94.13% | 94.1% | 87.85% |
2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 95.6% | 95.6% | 90% |
2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 93% |
2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 80.1% | 80.1% | 77.9% |
2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 80% |
GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 99% | 99% | 96% |
2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 97.5% | 97.5% | 96.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 92% |
2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93.8% | 93.8% | 91.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 92% |
2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96.94% | 97% | 93.51% |
2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 91% |
2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 78% | 78% | 73% |
2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 71.8% | 71.8% | 73.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 86% |
2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86.8% | 86.8% | 87.1% |
2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88% | 88% | 86% |
2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88.82% | 89% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Harris County High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.