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Houston Co High School

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200 West Church St

Columbia AL, 36319, Houston County

Phone: 334-696-2221

Ranking:

High School:

(290 out of 359, bottom 19%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(480 out of 1,064, top 45%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Houston 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:	25		21		22		22		23		23		25
Total Students:	360		361		374		373		388		408		409
Grade 7:	77	21.4%	58	16.1%	59	15.8%	61	16.4%	68	17.5%	74	18.1%	67	16.4%
Grade 8:	54	15.0%	55	15.2%	67	17.9%	63	16.9%	66	17.0%	71	17.4%	90	22.0%
Grade 9:	58	16.1%	72	19.9%	61	16.3%	64	17.2%	71	18.3%	81	19.9%	65	15.9%
Grade 10:	55	15.3%	60	16.6%	70	18.7%	60	16.1%	75	19.3%	60	14.7%	76	18.6%
Grade 11:	53	14.7%	61	16.9%	51	13.6%	73	19.6%	55	14.2%	62	15.2%	59	14.4%
Grade 12:	63	17.5%	55	15.2%	66	17.6%	52	13.9%	53	13.7%	60	14.7%	52	12.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	192	53.3%	203	56.2%	215	57.5%	202	54.2%	213	54.9%	224	54.9%	219	53.5%
Female:	168	46.7%	158	43.8%	159	42.5%	171	45.8%	167	43.0%	176	43.1%	186	45.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.8%	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	16	4.4%	16	4.4%	13	3.5%	7	1.9%	9	2.3%	7	1.7%	5	1.2%
Black:	150	41.7%	146	40.4%	141	37.7%	158	42.4%	162	41.8%	171	41.9%	178	43.5%
White:	185	51.4%	189	52.4%	217	58.0%	206	55.2%	217	55.9%	228	55.9%	225	55.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	1.4%	7	1.9%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	258	71.7%	252	69.8%	255	68.2%	238	63.8%	246	63.4%	235	57.6%	235	57.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	35	9.7%	28	7.8%	43	11.5%	37	9.9%	33	8.5%	48	11.8%	38	9.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.40		17.19		17.00		16.95		16.87		17.70		16.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ADAW
2004	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	52.9%	49%	46.9%
2005	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	30%	35.1%	44.8%
2006	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	58.6%	54.6%	49%
2008	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	49.18%	38.98%	46.76%
2009	Grammar and Usage	10th Grade	% met std	39.63%	40.56%	42.56%
2004	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	75.3%	59.9%	65%
2005	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	70%	59.5%	64.3%
2006	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	74.1%	69.6%	69%
2008	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	76.19%	64.21%	64.91%
2009	Holistic Composition	10th Grade	% met std	81.13%	80.51%	76.43%
2004	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	68.1%	63.1%	60.3%
2005	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	40%	44.8%	56.8%
2006	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	62%	62.2%	63.6%
2008	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	52.45%	52.12%	61.3%
2009	Sentence Formation	10th Grade	% met std	50.94%	57.84%	61.43%
2004	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	66.6%	57.3%	56.7%
2005	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	55%	49.4%	54.6%
2006	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	46.5%	58.9%	59.2%
2008	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	52.46%	50.21%	59.53%
2009	Writing Mechanics	10th Grade	% met std	62.26%	59.67%	57.81%
2004	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	45.1%	45.6%	42%
2005	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	40.2%	48.5%	41%
2006	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	40.4%	47.5%	45.4%
2008	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	45.72%	54.93%	46.94%
2009	Grammar and Usage	7th Grade	% met std	41.18%	48.73%	56.16%
2004	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	36.5%	60.3%	55.7%
2005	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	56.8%	64.6%	63%
2006	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	53.5%	60%	60%
2008	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	84.29%	75.45%	65.27%
2009	Holistic Composition	7th Grade	% met std	61.76%	70.82%	65.55%
2004	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	45.1%	55.3%	51.7%
2005	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	41.4%	50.6%	48.9%
2006	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	39.2%	52.4%	55.1%
2008	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	52.86%	59.16%	56.69%
2009	Sentence Formation	7th Grade	% met std	42.65%	54.24%	62.72%
2004	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	54.8%	56.9%	51.1%
2005	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	37.8%	50%	48.9%
2006	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	44%	49.7%	51.2%
2008	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	52.86%	57.15%	58.32%
2009	Writing Mechanics	7th Grade	% met std	45.59%	51.9%	60.06%
AHSGE
2008	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	82%	70.99%	72.59%
2009	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	83.34%	87.47%	87.59%
2010	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	82.7%	94.68%	93.34%
2011	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	98.41%	96.36%	94.47%
2012	Biology	11th Grade	% met std	96.49%	97.23%	95.24%
2004	Language	11th Grade	% met std	76.7%	80.5%	81%
2005	Language	11th Grade	% met std	67.2%	77%	80.4%
2006	Language	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	82.5%	82.2%
2007	Language	11th Grade	% met std	72.55%	82.39%	80.01%
2008	Language	11th Grade	% met std	67.24%	74.7%	76.95%
2009	Language	11th Grade	% met std	67.86%	81.14%	81.82%
2010	Language	11th Grade	% met std	59.62%	75.54%	78.46%
2011	Language	11th Grade	% met std	85.71%	82.84%	77.64%
2012	Language	11th Grade	% met std	57.89%	79.77%	75.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	83.7%	85.2%	78%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.1%	83.4%	78.3%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	82.3%	87.3%	83.6%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	76.48%	84.98%	83.74%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	80.35%	89.02%	84.02%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	74.55%	87.48%	85.56%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	81.13%	86.51%	84.32%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	85.71%	89.3%	85.39%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	91.23%	93.12%	85.03%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90.6%	85.8%	86.9%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	77.5%	83.8%	85.7%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.3%	85.1%	85.6%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	76.47%	83.57%	82.19%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.43%	80%	81.17%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	67.86%	81.41%	81.63%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	71.15%	82.81%	81.82%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.13%	83.29%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	78.57%	86.4%	82.92%
2004	Science	11th Grade	% met std	90.6%	84.7%	82.1%
2005	Science	11th Grade	% met std	77.1%	81.8%	80.9%
2006	Science	11th Grade	% met std	74.5%	83.8%	84.8%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% met std	82.35%	85.45%	82.09%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	74.14%	81.62%	81.22%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	69.23%	76.54%	75.76%
2004	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	79%	68.3%	74.2%
2005	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	70.1%	73.2%	76%
2006	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	60.7%	75.6%	77.1%
2007	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	66.67%	73.71%	73.9%
2008	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	64.91%	71.22%	72.58%
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	62.5%	77.55%	78.86%
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	71.15%	77.24%	73.05%
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	73.02%	78.59%	71.38%
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	% met std	69.64%	80.41%	71.26%
2010	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	90.39%	92.77%	94.02%
2011	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	96.07%	98.76%	98.1%
2012	Biology	12th Grade	% met std	100%	99.55%	98.49%
2004	Language	12th Grade	% met std	90.6%	94.6%	95.4%
2005	Language	12th Grade	% met std	90.9%	93.1%	94.5%
2006	Language	12th Grade	% met std	87%	94.8%	94.7%
2007	Language	12th Grade	% met std	81.58%	87.4%	89.7%
2008	Language	12th Grade	% met std	88.68%	92.63%	94.49%
2009	Language	12th Grade	% met std	88.14%	93.19%	92.8%
2010	Language	12th Grade	% met std	81.13%	90.74%	91.1%
2011	Language	12th Grade	% met std	82.35%	92.56%	91.4%
2012	Language	12th Grade	% met std	88.06%	89.22%	90.39%
2004	Math	12th Grade	% met std	95.3%	96%	95.7%
2005	Math	12th Grade	% met std	95.4%	93.9%	94.7%
2006	Math	12th Grade	% met std	88.6%	95.5%	95.6%
2007	Math	12th Grade	% met std	84.21%	90.29%	90.48%
2008	Math	12th Grade	% met std	88.68%	92.63%	95.45%
2009	Math	12th Grade	% met std	96.61%	97.07%	95.36%
2010	Math	12th Grade	% met std	90.38%	93.8%	94.73%
2011	Math	12th Grade	% met std	92.16%	96.02%	94.82%
2012	Math	12th Grade	% met std	92.54%	97.24%	94.83%
2004	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	93%	94.6%	96.5%
2005	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	91.1%	92.8%	95.4%
2006	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	90.7%	94.8%	95.2%
2007	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	81.58%	87.14%	90.19%
2008	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	90.57%	93.37%	95.01%
2009	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	93.22%	94.89%	94.2%
2010	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	88.68%	94.3%	93.57%
2011	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	90.19%	95.03%	93.78%
2012	Reading	12th Grade	% met std	89.55%	95.64%	93.62%
2004	Science	12th Grade	% met std	93%	94.6%	95.9%
2005	Science	12th Grade	% met std	95.4%	93.6%	95.3%
2006	Science	12th Grade	% met std	92.5%	97.1%	95.9%
2007	Science	12th Grade	% met std	89.48%	88.19%	90.62%
2008	Science	12th Grade	% met std	84.9%	93.61%	95.24%
2009	Science	12th Grade	% met std	94.91%	94.4%	93.62%
2004	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	81.3%	87.3%	92.7%
2005	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	88.6%	86.8%	93.4%
2006	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	88.8%	93.2%	93.7%
2007	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	76.32%	85.04%	88.74%
2008	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	81.13%	90.91%	92.95%
2009	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	84.75%	90.02%	91.58%
2010	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	77.36%	88.36%	90.45%
2011	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	82.35%	89.33%	87.99%
2012	Social Studies	12th Grade	% met std	77.61%	91.06%	89.74%
ARMT
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57.7%	61.2%	56.9%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	54.6%	63.1%	59.1%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	87.5%	70.81%	59.82%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.16%	68.09%	61.26%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	46.97%	62.61%	65.79%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74.2%	62.87%	68.76%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60.32%	75.79%	70.36%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	78.57%	76.97%	72.5%
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.6%	73.5%	75.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	72%	74.3%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78.41%	82.49%	77%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.94%	82.42%	79.13%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.83%	81.76%	81.28%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	88.71%	82.15%	83.02%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	80.96%	88.58%	84.9%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.07%	91.98%	86.25%
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71.9%	69.9%	63%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	74.6%	74.3%	67.6%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	66.67%	69.86%	66.3%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	75%	74.66%	68.13%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	90.91%	77.64%	73.77%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	70.96%	74.28%	78.62%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	51.51%	80.53%	77.01%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	80.88%	84.13%	78.62%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.4%	56.9%	57.3%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	62.5%	72%	69.5%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.7%	67.1%	71.7%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.91%	73.58%	71.94%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.75%	75.83%	73.87%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90.9%	78.66%	74.89%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	61.29%	73.91%	73.51%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.09%	80.79%	76.95%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.83%	84.75%	79.33%
ASA
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	75.38%	66.11%	60.51%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	49.21%	70.51%	70.34%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	72.14%	68.87%	68.79%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	65.57%	76.8%	68.5%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.64%	76.7%	75.67%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Houston Co High School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.