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Tift County High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

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.