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Southwest High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1730 Canterbury Rd

Macon GA, 31206, Bibb County

Phone: 478-779-4459

Ranking:

(382 out of 392, bottom 3%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Bibb 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:	62		62		61		64		54		58		61
Total Students:	930		995		969		994		933		855		942
Grade 9:	327	35.2%	388	39.0%	371	38.3%	408	41.0%	355	38.0%	325	38.0%	386	41.0%
Grade 10:	232	24.9%	232	23.3%	229	23.6%	211	21.2%	231	24.8%	226	26.4%	196	20.8%
Grade 11:	192	20.6%	195	19.6%	194	20.0%	210	21.1%	211	22.6%	153	17.9%	186	19.7%
Grade 12:	179	19.2%	180	18.1%	175	18.1%	165	16.6%	136	14.6%	151	17.7%	174	18.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	470	50.5%	490	49.2%	470	48.5%	478	48.1%	434	46.5%	392	45.8%	430	45.6%
Female:	460	49.5%	505	50.8%	499	51.5%	516	51.9%	499	53.5%	452	52.9%	507	53.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Hispanic:	8	0.9%	8	0.8%	7	0.7%	8	0.8%	9	1.0%	4	0.5%	5	0.5%
Black:	891	95.8%	957	96.2%	940	97.0%	964	97.0%	915	98.1%	831	97.2%	918	97.5%
White:	19	2.0%	21	2.1%	13	1.3%	14	1.4%	5	0.5%	16	1.9%	17	1.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	1.2%	9	0.9%	8	0.8%	8	0.8%	3	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	841	90.4%	893	89.7%	851	87.8%	869	87.4%	818	87.7%	746	87.3%	745	79.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	30	3.2%	38	3.8%	33	3.4%	48	4.8%	57	6.1%	58	6.8%	74	7.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.07		16.18		16.02		15.46		17.15		14.70		15.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOCT
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	22%	52%	64%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	25.5%	54%	65%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	20.5%	33.1%	55%
2006	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	74%	79%	81%
2007	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	78.9%	80.1%	81%
2008	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	76%	78.8%	84%
2009	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	68.8%	83.2%	86%
2010	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	69.5%	81.7%	86.1%
2011	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	73.1%	85%	88.1%
2012	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	68.9%	81.2%	89.2%
2013	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	66.1%	80.5%	N/A
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	19%	39%	57%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	14%	31.6%	58%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	24.7%	37.8%	62%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	20.9%	33.4%	64%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	18.9%	38.3%	66.1%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	7.7%	42%	69.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	29.5%	42.2%	72.7%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	29.7%	53.9%	N/A
2013	Coordinate Algebra	End of course	% met std	5.3%	12.9%	36.9%
2006	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	21%	49%	58%
2007	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	40.4%	54.4%	66%
2008	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	33.4%	55.8%	68%
2009	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	65.9%	62.8%	68%
2010	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	35.7%	56.5%	70.3%
2011	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	27.5%	53.8%	72.2%
2012	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	43.8%	54.6%	77.3%
2013	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	33.4%	57.6%	78.9%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	18%	38%	62%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	24.2%	36.2%	63%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	25.5%	35.8%	61%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	17%	20.8%	47%
2010	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	26.2%	39.8%	64.4%
2011	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	18.2%	37.9%	61.3%
2012	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	24%	37.2%	65.2%
2010	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	11.3%	28.1%	52.3%
2011	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	18%	38%	54.8%
2012	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	11.5%	31.3%	53.9%
2013	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	35.3%	45%	59.1%
2006	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	37%	54%	65%
2007	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	44.2%	54.2%	68%
2008	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	54.5%	56.8%	73%
2009	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	60.5%	61.7%	76%
2010	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	46.1%	60%	79.4%
2011	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	48.7%	67.4%	82.3%
2012	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	61.3%	70.2%	84.1%
2013	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	54%	67.2%	85.7%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	40%	49%	61%
2007	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	44.8%	51.7%	62%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	38.8%	48.1%	63%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	43.5%	48%	67%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	28.9%	40.7%	72.2%
2006	United States History	End of course	% met std	68%	62%	71%
2007	United States History	End of course	% met std	55.5%	66.6%	71%
2008	United States History	End of course	% met std	51.8%	52.4%	59%
2009	United States History	End of course	% met std	24.2%	46.2%	60%
2010	United States History	End of course	% met std	31.6%	48.6%	61.8%
2011	United States History	End of course	% met std	23.6%	51.1%	66.2%
2012	United States History	End of course	% met std	27.5%	46.6%	68.3%
2013	United States History	End of course	% met std	44.2%	50.8%	72.6%
GHSGT (GPS)
2008	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	81.8%	84.9%	90%
2009	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	71.42%	83.5%	89.98%
2010	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	73.5%	82.2%	90.1%
2011	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	77%	84%	91%
2011	Math	End of course	% met std	43%	64%	84%
2008	Science	End of course	% met std	71.6%	72.3%	86.2%
2009	Science	End of course	% met std	62.5%	77.2%	87.85%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	68.4%	75.4%	90%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	70%	81%	93%
2010	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	45.4%	58.7%	77.9%
2011	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	41%	61%	80%
GHSGT (QCC)
2006	English	End of course	% met std	94%	94%	96%
2007	English	End of course	% met std	90%	93.9%	96.2%
2006	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	82%	87%	92%
2007	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	81.9%	86.8%	91.7%
2008	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	81%	85%	92%
2009	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	78.43%	86%	93.51%
2010	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	70%	82%	91%
2006	Science	End of course	% met std	44%	54%	73%
2007	Science	End of course	% met std	51.6%	60%	73.6%
2006	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	67%	76%	86%
2007	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	76.1%	80.2%	87.1%
2008	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	75%	76%	86%
2009	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	55.92%	76%	87.24%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Southwest 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.