Towers High School
3919 Brookcrest Circle Decatur GA, 30032, Dekalb County Phone: 678-874-2202 Ranking: (375 out of 392, bottom 4%)* 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: | 62 | 58 | 67 | 64 | 68 | 65 | 67 | |||||||
Total Students: | 993 | 990 | 1,050 | 935 | 1,007 | 1,035 | 1,098 | |||||||
Grade 9: | 314 | 31.6% | 311 | 31.4% | 344 | 32.8% | 301 | 32.2% | 346 | 34.4% | 345 | 33.3% | 373 | 34.0% |
Grade 10: | 227 | 22.9% | 251 | 25.4% | 238 | 22.7% | 244 | 26.1% | 251 | 24.9% | 227 | 21.9% | 268 | 24.4% |
Grade 11: | 231 | 23.3% | 215 | 21.7% | 232 | 22.1% | 208 | 22.2% | 194 | 19.3% | 229 | 22.1% | 249 | 22.7% |
Grade 12: | 221 | 22.3% | 213 | 21.5% | 236 | 22.5% | 182 | 19.5% | 216 | 21.4% | 234 | 22.6% | 208 | 18.9% |
Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
Male: | 520 | 52.4% | 508 | 51.3% | 543 | 51.7% | 478 | 51.1% | 519 | 51.5% | 524 | 50.6% | 541 | 49.3% |
Female: | 473 | 47.6% | 482 | 48.7% | 507 | 48.3% | 457 | 48.9% | 488 | 48.5% | 489 | 47.2% | 540 | 49.2% |
Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
American Indian/Alaska Native: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
Asian: | 6 | 0.6% | 9 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.4% | 11 | 1.2% | 9 | 0.9% | 16 | 1.5% | 17 | 1.5% |
Hispanic: | 29 | 2.9% | 28 | 2.8% | 35 | 3.3% | 21 | 2.2% | 20 | 2.0% | 20 | 1.9% | 13 | 1.2% |
Black: | 948 | 95.5% | 939 | 94.8% | 997 | 95.0% | 896 | 95.8% | 971 | 96.4% | 980 | 94.7% | 1,051 | 95.7% |
White: | 2 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.6% | 8 | 0.8% | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 5 | 0.5% | 3 | 0.3% |
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.2% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Two or More Races: | 6 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.7% | 5 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 798 | 80.4% | 777 | 78.5% | 803 | 76.5% | 682 | 72.9% | 699 | 69.4% | 680 | 65.7% | 719 | 65.5% |
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 31 | 3.1% | 34 | 3.4% | 40 | 3.8% | 57 | 6.1% | 84 | 8.3% | 93 | 9.0% | 87 | 7.9% |
Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.02 | 17.22 | 15.67 | 14.61 | 14.81 | 16.00 | 16.30 |
Test Performance
Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
EOCT | ||||||
2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 14% | 33% | 64% |
2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 25.6% | 34.8% | 65% |
2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 17.2% | 43.9% | 55% |
2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 31.1% | 30.2% | 40% |
2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 63% | 74% | 81% |
2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 67.3% | 77.6% | 81% |
2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 60.6% | 79.8% | 84% |
2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78% | 83.7% | 86% |
2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 70.4% | 81.4% | 86.1% |
2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.6% | 85.3% | 88.1% |
2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 77.5% | 87.1% | 89.2% |
2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.9% | 86.2% | N/A |
2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 25% | 38% | 57% |
2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 34.4% | 43.7% | 58% |
2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 40.9% | 48.6% | 62% |
2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 39.1% | 51.2% | 64% |
2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 43% | 56.2% | 66.1% |
2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 36.1% | 58.6% | 69.9% |
2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 50.6% | 62% | 72.7% |
2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 43.5% | 63% | N/A |
2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 5.2% | 25.8% | 36.9% |
2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 37% | 47% | 58% |
2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 43.7% | 64.8% | 66% |
2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 45.5% | 64.6% | 68% |
2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 36.6% | 68.1% | 68% |
2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 37.8% | 70.6% | 70.3% |
2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 49.1% | 71% | 72.2% |
2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 35.6% | 76.4% | 77.3% |
2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 41.2% | 77.9% | 78.9% |
2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 28% | 33% | 62% |
2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 24.8% | 38.6% | 63% |
2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 24.6% | 41.9% | 61% |
2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 22.9% | 28.3% | 47% |
2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 37.8% | 59.3% | 64.4% |
2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 27.6% | 54.4% | 61.3% |
2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 39.3% | 54% | 65.2% |
2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 28.5% | 50.9% | N/A |
2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 24.8% | 44.4% | 52.3% |
2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 26.8% | 49.1% | 54.8% |
2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 33.7% | 48.6% | 53.9% |
2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 18.4% | 50.5% | 59.1% |
2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 36% | 51% | 65% |
2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 46% | 56.2% | 68% |
2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 56.7% | 63.2% | 73% |
2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 50.9% | 69.4% | 76% |
2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 60.4% | 70.4% | 79.4% |
2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 54.4% | 72.4% | 82.3% |
2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 63.8% | 75.1% | 84.1% |
2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 54.8% | 76.5% | 85.7% |
2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 34% | 44% | 61% |
2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 31.7% | 46.8% | 62% |
2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 45.2% | 49.9% | 63% |
2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 44% | 54.9% | 67% |
2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 64.4% | 62.1% | 72.2% |
2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 54% | 65.9% | 76.2% |
2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 64.4% | 59.6% | 77.5% |
2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 63.9% | 66.7% | 82.7% |
2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 52% | 64% | 71% |
2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 51.4% | 66.3% | 71% |
2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 37.8% | 54.4% | 59% |
2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 41.1% | 54.6% | 60% |
2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 42% | 55.2% | 61.8% |
2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 48.6% | 65.4% | 66.2% |
2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 45.3% | 65.6% | 68.3% |
2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 59% | 69.7% | 72.6% |
GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 72.7% | 86.8% | 90% |
2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 77.88% | 87.2% | 89.98% |
2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 81% | 87.1% | 90.1% |
2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 77% | 87% | 91% |
2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 49% | 75% | 84% |
2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 62.5% | 81.6% | 86.2% |
2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 69.6% | 82.7% | 87.85% |
2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 75.7% | 85.8% | 90% |
2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 77% | 88% | 93% |
2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 51% | 72.6% | 77.9% |
2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 56% | 75% | 80% |
GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 91% | 93% | 96% |
2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 93% | 94.7% | 96.2% |
2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 76% | 86% | 92% |
2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 74.5% | 86.5% | 91.7% |
2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 74% | 88% | 92% |
2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 83.26% | 90% | 93.51% |
2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 74% | 88% | 91% |
2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 40% | 62% | 73% |
2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 46.7% | 66% | 73.6% |
2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 63% | 80% | 86% |
2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 69.4% | 83.2% | 87.1% |
2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 62% | 82% | 86% |
2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 68.86% | 84% | 87.24% |
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* Towers 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.