Northwest Whitfield County High School
1651 Tunnel Hill Varnell Rd
Tunnel Hill GA, 30755, Whitfield County
Phone: 706-673-6533
Ranking: 
(113 out of 392, top 29%)*
(113 out of 392, top 29%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Whitfield 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: | 67 | 70 | 77 | 90 | 101 | 103 | 101 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,310 | 1,318 | 1,340 | 1,817 | 1,807 | 1,765 | 1,721 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 443 | 33.8% | 384 | 29.1% | 331 | 24.7% | 550 | 30.3% | 579 | 32.0% | 583 | 33.0% | 569 | 33.1% |
| Grade 10: | 339 | 25.9% | 335 | 25.4% | 328 | 24.5% | 496 | 27.3% | 510 | 28.2% | 479 | 27.1% | 396 | 23.0% |
| Grade 11: | 270 | 20.6% | 281 | 21.3% | 336 | 25.1% | 412 | 22.7% | 371 | 20.5% | 347 | 19.7% | 382 | 22.2% |
| Grade 12: | 258 | 19.7% | 318 | 24.1% | 345 | 25.7% | 359 | 19.8% | 347 | 19.2% | 356 | 20.2% | 374 | 21.7% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 673 | 51.4% | 649 | 49.2% | 670 | 50.0% | 939 | 51.7% | 914 | 50.6% | 884 | 50.1% | 890 | 51.7% |
| Female: | 637 | 48.6% | 669 | 50.8% | 670 | 50.0% | 878 | 48.3% | 893 | 49.4% | 819 | 46.4% | 786 | 45.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.4% | 10 | 0.6% | 12 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 18 | 1.4% | 17 | 1.3% | 13 | 1.0% | 17 | 0.9% | 17 | 0.9% | 19 | 1.1% | 14 | 0.8% |
| Hispanic: | 319 | 24.4% | 282 | 21.4% | 253 | 18.9% | 343 | 18.9% | 320 | 17.7% | 265 | 15.0% | 266 | 15.5% |
| Black: | 42 | 3.2% | 44 | 3.3% | 37 | 2.8% | 59 | 3.2% | 60 | 3.3% | 56 | 3.2% | 63 | 3.7% |
| White: | 891 | 68.0% | 932 | 70.7% | 990 | 73.9% | 1,336 | 73.5% | 1,348 | 74.6% | 1,367 | 77.5% | 1,334 | 77.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 36 | 2.7% | 41 | 3.1% | 42 | 3.1% | 51 | 2.8% | 48 | 2.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 554 | 42.3% | 560 | 42.5% | 485 | 36.2% | 700 | 38.5% | 614 | 34.0% | 558 | 31.6% | 481 | 27.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 129 | 9.8% | 135 | 10.2% | 130 | 9.7% | 143 | 7.9% | 161 | 8.9% | 155 | 8.8% | 137 | 8.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.67 | 18.80 | 17.49 | 20.14 | 17.84 | 17.10 | 17.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 66% | 72% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 62% | 72.9% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 62.3% | 59.2% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 33.7% | 39.1% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79% | 79% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.8% | 79.6% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88% | 80.4% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91.4% | 79.8% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.8% | 85.8% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93.2% | 87.8% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92% | 89.2% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93.1% | 90.6% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 65% | 58% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 65.7% | 51.9% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 81.6% | 72.6% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 83.4% | 68.5% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 81.5% | 67.7% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 70.5% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 67.9% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 84.3% | 74.8% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 26.7% | 26.6% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 68% | 64% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 73.3% | 68.7% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 76.3% | 65.7% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 65.3% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 78.3% | 69.5% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 78.4% | 69.2% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 85.9% | 79.1% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 91% | 73.5% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 66% | 64% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 68.6% | 62.1% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 67.5% | 62% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 61.4% | 59% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 70.5% | 67.4% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 62.6% | 56.8% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 66.1% | 63.7% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 49.2% | 49.1% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 56.7% | 52.6% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 53% | 47% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 62.3% | 61.1% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 68% | 64% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.8% | 66% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 77.3% | 72.7% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.2% | 79.4% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.1% | 74.9% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.2% | 79.3% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87% | 83% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91.1% | 86.5% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 60% | 56% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 73.6% | 65.8% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 62.3% | 58.8% | 63% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 87.4% | 81.8% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 86.7% | 80% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85% | 80.7% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 92.3% | 85.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 72% | 70% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73.3% | 65.6% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 68.3% | 63.1% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 58.7% | 54.4% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 60.5% | 59.5% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 60.7% | 54.7% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 64.6% | 55.9% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 71.3% | 63.8% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 95% | 90.8% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 94.01% | 91.4% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 94.3% | 90.9% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 93% | 89% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 87% | 83% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 92.3% | 86.5% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 94.91% | 89.8% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 93.2% | 93.3% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 94% | 93% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81.4% | 80.3% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 80% | 75% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 95% | 96% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 97.8% | 97.7% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93.9% | 92.3% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 94% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 97.31% | 97% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 70% | 69% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 77.8% | 69.4% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 84% | 84% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89.9% | 86.5% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 92% | 85% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 93.11% | 90% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Northwest Whitfield 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.