South Effingham High School
1220 Noel C Conaway Rd
Guyton GA, 31312, Effingham County
Phone: 912-728-7511
Ranking: 
(72 out of 392, top 18%)*
(72 out of 392, top 18%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Effingham 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: | 75 | 78 | 82 | 85 | 94 | 92 | 85 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,476 | 1,475 | 1,461 | 1,487 | 1,491 | 1,503 | 1,486 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 412 | 27.9% | 424 | 28.7% | 394 | 27.0% | 417 | 28.0% | 418 | 28.0% | 441 | 29.3% | 464 | 31.2% |
| Grade 10: | 392 | 26.6% | 377 | 25.6% | 370 | 25.3% | 366 | 24.6% | 402 | 27.0% | 398 | 26.5% | 360 | 24.2% |
| Grade 11: | 352 | 23.8% | 343 | 23.3% | 343 | 23.5% | 370 | 24.9% | 349 | 23.4% | 344 | 22.9% | 347 | 23.4% |
| Grade 12: | 320 | 21.7% | 331 | 22.4% | 354 | 24.2% | 334 | 22.5% | 322 | 21.6% | 320 | 21.3% | 315 | 21.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 803 | 54.4% | 802 | 54.4% | 762 | 52.2% | 774 | 52.1% | 747 | 50.1% | 726 | 48.3% | 721 | 48.5% |
| Female: | 673 | 45.6% | 673 | 45.6% | 699 | 47.8% | 713 | 47.9% | 744 | 49.9% | 744 | 49.5% | 738 | 49.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 7 | 0.5% | 6 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 13 | 0.9% | 9 | 0.6% | 12 | 0.8% | 15 | 1.0% | 21 | 1.4% | 18 | 1.2% | 14 | 0.9% |
| Hispanic: | 52 | 3.5% | 52 | 3.5% | 54 | 3.7% | 50 | 3.4% | 35 | 2.3% | 17 | 1.1% | 24 | 1.6% |
| Black: | 141 | 9.6% | 128 | 8.7% | 119 | 8.1% | 117 | 7.9% | 126 | 8.5% | 125 | 8.3% | 130 | 8.7% |
| White: | 1,218 | 82.5% | 1,234 | 83.7% | 1,223 | 83.7% | 1,261 | 84.8% | 1,275 | 85.5% | 1,312 | 87.3% | 1,290 | 86.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 5 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 44 | 3.0% | 46 | 3.1% | 46 | 3.1% | 38 | 2.6% | 25 | 1.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 296 | 20.1% | 296 | 20.1% | 273 | 18.7% | 280 | 18.8% | 279 | 18.7% | 198 | 13.2% | 186 | 12.5% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 89 | 6.0% | 105 | 7.1% | 127 | 8.7% | 112 | 7.5% | 128 | 8.6% | 117 | 7.8% | 83 | 5.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.73 | 18.98 | 17.84 | 17.60 | 15.93 | 16.30 | 17.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 84% | 86% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 87.6% | 92.2% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 83.6% | 86.6% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 60.5% | 75.3% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88% | 83% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.4% | 78.1% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 94.7% | 89.2% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.5% | 87.9% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93.5% | 92.4% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.4% | 87.3% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.9% | 92% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.8% | 92.7% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 72% | 64% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 79.3% | 65.2% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 74.3% | 79.7% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 74.9% | 71.4% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 81.8% | 76.3% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 87.6% | 78.6% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 78.1% | 76.5% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 89.3% | 83.7% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 38.8% | 41.9% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 30% | 36% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 80% | 53.6% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 78.3% | 65.5% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 80.5% | 73.9% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 91.1% | 78.4% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 87.9% | 79.2% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 91.4% | 80.4% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 87.5% | 74.3% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 89% | 86% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 93.3% | 91.2% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 92.3% | 91.7% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 76.8% | 77.8% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 76.8% | 68.2% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 77.7% | 72.4% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 78.6% | 71.2% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 56.6% | 56.8% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 59.4% | 59.6% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 55.5% | 58.2% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 80.7% | 74.4% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 73% | 70% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 69.4% | 68.2% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.2% | 73% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.2% | 80.8% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.7% | 84.5% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 94.4% | 91.9% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93.2% | 88.3% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.6% | 92.8% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 79% | 74% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 79.1% | 74.1% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85.6% | 74.4% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 86.1% | 83.8% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 85.7% | 81.6% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 93.4% | 88.1% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 93.6% | 86.7% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 95.8% | 92.9% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 78% | 76% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 64.5% | 68.9% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 54.7% | 63.6% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 66.1% | 61.9% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 64.3% | 70.9% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 84.2% | 82.6% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 85% | 80.7% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 88.8% | 80.3% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91.4% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91.57% | 89.5% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 93.1% | 92.2% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 93% | 90% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 89% | 86% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 89.7% | 86.9% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 89.85% | 88.6% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91.4% | 90.4% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 95% | 93% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 76.7% | 81% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86% | 84% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 98% | 97% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 96.9% | 96.7% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 98% | 94% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96.9% | 95.8% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 94% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94.77% | 95% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 94% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 74% | 72% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 83.3% | 78.2% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 87% | 86% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 93.7% | 91.6% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89% | 90% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88.34% | 88% | 87.24% |
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* South Effingham High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.