Lovejoy High School
1587 Mcdonough Rd
Hampton GA, 30228, Henry County
Phone: 770-473-2920
Ranking: 
(284 out of 392, bottom 28%)*
(284 out of 392, bottom 28%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Clayton 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: | 102 | 96 | 108 | 108 | 108 | 122 | 113 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 2,044 | 2,000 | 1,978 | 1,894 | 1,902 | 1,845 | 1,982 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 647 | 31.7% | 624 | 31.2% | 614 | 31.0% | 602 | 31.8% | 597 | 31.4% | 637 | 34.5% | 654 | 33.0% |
| Grade 10: | 515 | 25.2% | 515 | 25.8% | 513 | 25.9% | 456 | 24.1% | 520 | 27.3% | 470 | 25.5% | 499 | 25.2% |
| Grade 11: | 464 | 22.7% | 453 | 22.7% | 425 | 21.5% | 470 | 24.8% | 437 | 23.0% | 409 | 22.2% | 437 | 22.0% |
| Grade 12: | 418 | 20.5% | 408 | 20.4% | 426 | 21.5% | 366 | 19.3% | 348 | 18.3% | 329 | 17.8% | 392 | 19.8% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 1,032 | 50.5% | 1,022 | 51.1% | 992 | 50.2% | 962 | 50.8% | 975 | 51.3% | 876 | 47.5% | 956 | 48.2% |
| Female: | 1,012 | 49.5% | 978 | 48.9% | 986 | 49.8% | 932 | 49.2% | 927 | 48.7% | 900 | 48.8% | 964 | 48.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Asian: | 27 | 1.3% | 37 | 1.9% | 34 | 1.7% | 33 | 1.7% | 41 | 2.2% | 26 | 1.4% | 38 | 1.9% |
| Hispanic: | 237 | 11.6% | 223 | 11.2% | 221 | 11.2% | 202 | 10.7% | 166 | 8.7% | 163 | 8.8% | 158 | 8.0% |
| Black: | 1,645 | 80.5% | 1,612 | 80.6% | 1,590 | 80.4% | 1,528 | 80.7% | 1,589 | 83.5% | 1,507 | 81.7% | 1,602 | 80.8% |
| White: | 59 | 2.9% | 67 | 3.4% | 68 | 3.4% | 80 | 4.2% | 73 | 3.8% | 87 | 4.7% | 125 | 6.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 69 | 3.4% | 53 | 2.7% | 54 | 2.7% | 46 | 2.4% | 30 | 1.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 2,041 | 99.9% | 1,329 | 66.5% | 1,278 | 64.6% | 1,163 | 61.4% | 1,012 | 53.2% | 929 | 50.4% | 865 | 43.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 202 | 10.1% | 210 | 10.6% | 157 | 8.3% | 206 | 10.8% | 224 | 12.1% | 229 | 11.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 20.06 | 20.94 | 18.31 | 17.50 | 17.58 | 15.20 | 17.50 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 33% | 43% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 17.7% | 37.2% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 14.7% | 25.7% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 36.4% | 26.1% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 77% | 68% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 67.7% | 66.9% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 74.2% | 72% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 70.6% | 73.1% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.7% | 76.1% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.5% | 81.4% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.9% | 82.3% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85% | 86.4% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 43% | 38% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 29.4% | 27.5% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 38.6% | 36.2% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 35.8% | 40.1% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 37% | 41.6% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 37.1% | 46.9% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 47.8% | 52% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 43.7% | 53.9% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 19.4% | 22.2% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 48% | 46% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 36.9% | 43.9% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 36.3% | 40.7% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 60.1% | 49% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 67.6% | 50.1% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 73.1% | 57.9% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 71.7% | 66.5% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 75.8% | 69.6% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 37% | 28% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 33.3% | 26.5% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 28.4% | 25.5% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 11.6% | 14.4% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 43.7% | 43.9% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 41.1% | 40.9% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 49.9% | 49.6% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 30.5% | 25.1% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 32.9% | 23.4% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 33% | 30.1% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 34.5% | 34.6% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 38.8% | 39.3% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 58% | 50% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 54.4% | 50.4% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 60.2% | 58% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 62.7% | 63.3% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 70.5% | 68.6% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 71.8% | 73.4% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 73.8% | 77.8% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.4% | 78.2% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 39% | 49% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 44.8% | 51% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 41.9% | 47.4% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 40.7% | 52.5% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 60.6% | 61.5% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 57.8% | 62.5% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 53.1% | 67% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 67.3% | 74.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 63% | 54% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 52.8% | 51.4% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 33.1% | 36.9% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 36.5% | 38.9% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 41.8% | 47.1% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 46.6% | 47.9% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 48.8% | 52.9% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 49.4% | 56.5% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 87% | 85.8% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 83.83% | 85.6% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 92.5% | 88.9% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91% | 89% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 80% | 74% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 84.4% | 79.1% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 78.85% | 80.4% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 88% | 84.3% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 89% | 87% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 74.8% | 70.9% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 73% | 71% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 96% | 95% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 95.6% | 96.1% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 89% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 86.9% | 87.8% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90% | 88% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 87.99% | 90% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89% | 88% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 63% | 60% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 58.5% | 59.3% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 83% | 84% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85.1% | 83.4% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81% | 82% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 79.94% | 81% | 87.24% |
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* Lovejoy 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.