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Southwest Dekalb High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2863 Kelley Chapel Rd

Decatur GA, 30034, Dekalb County

Phone: 678-874-1902

Ranking:

(254 out of 392, bottom 35%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: DeKalb 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:	86		89		96		98		105		108		103
Total Students:	1,320		1,429		1,526		1,667		1,782		1,855		1,832
Grade 9:	401	30.4%	435	30.4%	409	26.8%	436	26.2%	490	27.5%	501	27.0%	514	28.1%
Grade 10:	311	23.6%	353	24.7%	352	23.1%	420	25.2%	419	23.5%	476	25.7%	494	27.0%
Grade 11:	279	21.1%	296	20.7%	368	24.1%	379	22.7%	415	23.3%	459	24.7%	408	22.3%
Grade 12:	329	24.9%	345	24.1%	397	26.0%	432	25.9%	458	25.7%	419	22.6%	416	22.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	640	48.5%	705	49.3%	722	47.3%	812	48.7%	862	48.4%	839	45.2%	856	46.7%
Female:	680	51.5%	724	50.7%	804	52.7%	855	51.3%	920	51.6%	975	52.6%	939	51.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	3	0.2%	8	0.5%	16	0.9%	4	0.2%	2	0.1%
Asian:	6	0.5%	5	0.3%	4	0.3%	4	0.2%	1	0.1%	3	0.2%	5	0.3%
Hispanic:	10	0.8%	16	1.1%	17	1.1%	15	0.9%	12	0.7%	15	0.8%	9	0.5%
Black:	1,274	96.5%	1,381	96.6%	1,479	96.9%	1,624	97.4%	1,740	97.6%	1,797	96.9%	1,778	97.1%
White:	7	0.5%	8	0.6%	6	0.4%	2	0.1%	3	0.2%	3	0.2%	5	0.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.1%	4	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	1.6%	17	1.2%	17	1.1%	12	0.7%	6	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	793	60.1%	808	56.5%	821	53.8%	878	52.7%	888	49.8%	779	42.0%	771	42.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	85	6.4%	82	5.7%	130	8.5%	134	8.0%	171	9.6%	214	11.5%	154	8.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.44		16.06		15.90		17.10		16.97		17.20		17.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOCT
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	23%	33%	64%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	25.4%	34.8%	65%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	25.3%	43.9%	55%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	24.1%	30.2%	40%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	31.4%	63.6%	62.8%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	52.1%	18.2%	29.9%
2006	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	80%	74%	81%
2007	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	79.5%	77.6%	81%
2008	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	72.8%	79.8%	84%
2009	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	86.9%	83.7%	86%
2010	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	88.2%	81.4%	86.1%
2011	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	86.9%	85.3%	88.1%
2012	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	87.3%	87.1%	89.2%
2013	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	91.5%	86.2%	N/A
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	44%	38%	57%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	34.5%	43.7%	58%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	53.5%	48.6%	62%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	53.7%	51.2%	64%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	51.4%	56.2%	66.1%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	61.7%	58.6%	69.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	61.9%	62%	72.7%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	69.3%	63%	N/A
2013	Coordinate Algebra	End of course	% met std	10.2%	25.8%	36.9%
2006	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	57%	47%	58%
2007	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	78.1%	64.8%	66%
2008	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	61.4%	64.6%	68%
2009	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	59.4%	68.1%	68%
2010	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	77.8%	70.6%	70.3%
2011	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	74.4%	71%	72.2%
2012	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	82.4%	76.4%	77.3%
2013	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	87.2%	77.9%	78.9%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	34%	33%	62%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	39.7%	38.6%	63%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	40.1%	41.9%	61%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	19.6%	28.3%	47%
2010	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	60%	59.3%	64.4%
2011	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	46.8%	54.4%	61.3%
2012	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	36.3%	54%	65.2%
2010	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	39.3%	44.4%	52.3%
2011	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	48.7%	49.1%	54.8%
2012	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	44.9%	48.6%	53.9%
2013	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	39.5%	50.5%	59.1%
2006	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	54%	51%	65%
2007	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	60.8%	56.2%	68%
2008	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	72.8%	63.2%	73%
2009	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	77.5%	69.4%	76%
2010	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	75.5%	70.4%	79.4%
2011	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	81.1%	72.4%	82.3%
2012	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	75.6%	75.1%	84.1%
2013	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	80.8%	76.5%	85.7%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	42%	44%	61%
2007	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	40.3%	46.8%	62%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	47.2%	49.9%	63%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	61%	54.9%	67%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	60.4%	62.1%	72.2%
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	63.6%	65.9%	76.2%
2012	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	67.6%	59.6%	77.5%
2013	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	60%	66.7%	82.7%
2006	United States History	End of course	% met std	67%	64%	71%
2007	United States History	End of course	% met std	72.7%	66.3%	71%
2008	United States History	End of course	% met std	69.9%	54.4%	59%
2009	United States History	End of course	% met std	58%	54.6%	60%
2010	United States History	End of course	% met std	68.3%	55.2%	61.8%
2011	United States History	End of course	% met std	74.8%	65.4%	66.2%
2012	United States History	End of course	% met std	74.4%	65.6%	68.3%
2013	United States History	End of course	% met std	79.8%	69.7%	72.6%
GHSGT (GPS)
2008	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	91.6%	86.8%	90%
2009	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	87.81%	87.2%	89.98%
2010	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	90%	87.1%	90.1%
2011	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	88%	87%	91%
2011	Math	End of course	% met std	76%	75%	84%
2008	Science	End of course	% met std	86.6%	81.6%	86.2%
2009	Science	End of course	% met std	85.63%	82.7%	87.85%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	89.7%	85.8%	90%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	90%	88%	93%
2010	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	77.3%	72.6%	77.9%
2011	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	78%	75%	80%
GHSGT (QCC)
2006	English	End of course	% met std	97%	93%	96%
2007	English	End of course	% met std	96.3%	94.7%	96.2%
2006	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	87%	86%	92%
2007	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	90.7%	86.5%	91.7%
2008	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	92%	88%	92%
2009	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	89.64%	90%	93.51%
2010	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	89%	88%	91%
2006	Science	End of course	% met std	64%	62%	73%
2007	Science	End of course	% met std	70.9%	66%	73.6%
2006	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	84%	80%	86%
2007	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	86.1%	83.2%	87.1%
2008	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	86%	82%	86%
2009	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	84.88%	84%	87.24%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Southwest Dekalb High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.