Tift County High School
1 Blue Devil Way
Tifton GA, 31794, Tift County
Phone: 229-387-2475
Ranking:
(257 out of 392, bottom 34%)*

Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Tift 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: | 92 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 87 | 89 | 88 | |||||||
Total Students: | 1,558 | 1,541 | 1,436 | 1,447 | 1,421 | 1,410 | 1,472 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 2 | 0.1% | 9 | 0.6% | 1 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.3% | 25 | 1.8% | 29 | 2.1% | NA | NA |
Grade 10: | 607 | 39.0% | 608 | 39.5% | 533 | 37.1% | 562 | 38.8% | 513 | 36.1% | 491 | 34.8% | 543 | 36.9% |
Grade 11: | 509 | 32.7% | 479 | 31.1% | 486 | 33.8% | 454 | 31.4% | 448 | 31.5% | 475 | 33.7% | 458 | 31.1% |
Grade 12: | 440 | 28.2% | 445 | 28.9% | 416 | 29.0% | 426 | 29.4% | 435 | 30.6% | 414 | 29.4% | 471 | 32.0% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 750 | 48.1% | 745 | 48.3% | 685 | 47.7% | 700 | 48.4% | 691 | 48.6% | 684 | 48.5% | 724 | 49.2% |
Female: | 808 | 51.9% | 796 | 51.7% | 751 | 52.3% | 747 | 51.6% | 730 | 51.4% | 703 | 49.9% | 731 | 49.7% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% |
Asian: | 23 | 1.5% | 24 | 1.6% | 24 | 1.7% | 24 | 1.7% | 26 | 1.8% | 15 | 1.1% | 21 | 1.4% |
Hispanic: | 236 | 15.1% | 219 | 14.2% | 194 | 13.5% | 171 | 11.8% | 144 | 10.1% | 118 | 8.4% | 100 | 6.8% |
Black: | 531 | 34.1% | 541 | 35.1% | 482 | 33.6% | 509 | 35.2% | 477 | 33.6% | 506 | 35.9% | 523 | 35.5% |
White: | 701 | 45.0% | 694 | 45.0% | 703 | 49.0% | 725 | 50.1% | 759 | 53.4% | 752 | 53.3% | 812 | 55.2% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 64 | 4.1% | 60 | 3.9% | 30 | 2.1% | 16 | 1.1% | 14 | 1.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,476 | 94.7% | 805 | 52.2% | 711 | 49.5% | 703 | 48.6% | 566 | 39.8% | 674 | 47.8% | 491 | 33.4% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 88 | 5.7% | 74 | 5.2% | 66 | 4.6% | 90 | 6.3% | 111 | 7.9% | 115 | 7.8% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.92 | 17.14 | 15.66 | 15.66 | 16.37 | 15.90 | 16.70 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
EOCT | ||||||
2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 75% | 84% | 64% |
2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 68.6% | 81.4% | 65% |
2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 58.9% | 66.3% | 55% |
2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 58.1% | 58.1% | 40% |
2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79% | 79% | 81% |
2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.7% | 78.7% | 81% |
2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 81.1% | 84% |
2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 86% |
2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.7% | 83.7% | 86.1% |
2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.6% | 79.6% | 88.1% |
2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85% | 84% | 89.2% |
2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.1% | 89% | N/A |
2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 82% | 85% | 57% |
2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 78.9% | 82.6% | 58% |
2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 62.7% | 62.7% | 62% |
2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 55.8% | 55.8% | 64% |
2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 58.1% | 66.1% | 66.1% |
2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 62.8% | 72.4% | 69.9% |
2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 68.5% | 76.3% | 72.7% |
2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 57.5% | 68.5% | N/A |
2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 35% | 35% | 58% |
2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 56% | 50% | 66% |
2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 53.3% | 53.3% | 68% |
2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 76% | 76% | 68% |
2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 69.2% | 69.2% | 70.3% |
2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 77.4% | 77.4% | 72.2% |
2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 83.2% | 81.4% | 77.3% |
2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 80.4% | 79.7% | 78.9% |
2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 76% | 76% | 62% |
2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 79.8% | 79.8% | 63% |
2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 77.5% | 77.5% | 61% |
2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 82.8% | 82.8% | 47% |
2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 43.9% | 66.8% | 64.4% |
2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 30% | 64.1% | 65.2% |
2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 60.7% | 60.7% | 52.3% |
2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 58.1% | 63.3% | 54.8% |
2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 51.7% | 54% | 53.9% |
2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 60.9% | 60.1% | 59.1% |
2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 64.3% | 68.8% | 68% |
2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 66.7% | 76.4% | 73% |
2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 56.7% | 78.5% | 76% |
2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75% | 72.4% | 79.4% |
2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 61.1% | 74.1% | 82.3% |
2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 35.3% | 76.8% | 84.1% |
2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 65% | 65% | 61% |
2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 70.7% | 63.7% | 63% |
2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 58.2% | 72.7% | 67% |
2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 75.8% | 81% | 72.2% |
2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 84.4% | 79.3% | 76.2% |
2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 66.2% | 74.6% | 77.5% |
2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 18.2% | 77.4% | 82.7% |
2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 56% | 56% | 71% |
2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 59.7% | 59.7% | 71% |
2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 55.7% | 55.7% | 59% |
2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 62.6% | 62.6% | 60% |
2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 54.6% | 54.6% | 61.8% |
2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 65.3% | 65.1% | 66.2% |
2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 68.3% | 68% | 68.3% |
2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 68.7% | 68% | 72.6% |
GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90.2% | 90.2% | 90% |
2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 86.84% | 86.8% | 89.98% |
2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 90.1% |
2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 87% | 87% | 91% |
2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 84% |
2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 89.8% | 89.8% | 86.2% |
2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 87.5% | 87.5% | 87.85% |
2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 84.4% | 84.4% | 90% |
2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 93% |
2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 67% | 67% | 77.9% |
2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 80% |
GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 96% |
2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 94.4% | 94.4% | 96.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 92% |
2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90.5% | 90.5% | 91.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 92% |
2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93.67% | 94% | 93.51% |
2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88% | 88% | 91% |
2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 76% | 76% | 73% |
2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 74.3% | 74.3% | 73.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 83% | 83% | 86% |
2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81.9% | 81.9% | 87.1% |
2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 86% |
2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81.94% | 82% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Tift County 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.