Upson-Lee High School
268 Knight Trl
Thomaston GA, 30286, Upson County
Phone: 706-647-8171
Ranking: 
(263 out of 392, bottom 33%)*
(263 out of 392, bottom 33%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Upson 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: | 75 | 75 | 78 | 83 | 90 | 91 | 90 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,278 | 1,263 | 1,339 | 1,415 | 1,450 | 1,462 | 1,493 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 387 | 30.3% | 392 | 31.0% | 402 | 30.0% | 384 | 27.1% | 403 | 27.8% | 467 | 31.9% | 490 | 32.8% |
| Grade 10: | 355 | 27.8% | 331 | 26.2% | 324 | 24.2% | 336 | 23.7% | 404 | 27.9% | 375 | 25.6% | 398 | 26.7% |
| Grade 11: | 279 | 21.8% | 270 | 21.4% | 300 | 22.4% | 352 | 24.9% | 351 | 24.2% | 332 | 22.7% | 321 | 21.5% |
| Grade 12: | 257 | 20.1% | 270 | 21.4% | 313 | 23.4% | 343 | 24.2% | 292 | 20.1% | 288 | 19.7% | 284 | 19.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 618 | 48.4% | 624 | 49.4% | 659 | 49.2% | 686 | 48.5% | 724 | 49.9% | 707 | 48.4% | 718 | 48.1% |
| Female: | 660 | 51.6% | 639 | 50.6% | 680 | 50.8% | 729 | 51.5% | 726 | 50.1% | 736 | 50.3% | 759 | 50.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 9 | 0.7% | 10 | 0.8% | 11 | 0.8% | 12 | 0.8% | 11 | 0.8% | 10 | 0.7% | 8 | 0.5% |
| Hispanic: | 24 | 1.9% | 25 | 2.0% | 23 | 1.7% | 31 | 2.2% | 32 | 2.2% | 30 | 2.1% | 26 | 1.7% |
| Black: | 465 | 36.4% | 456 | 36.1% | 464 | 34.7% | 494 | 34.9% | 527 | 36.3% | 569 | 38.9% | 590 | 39.5% |
| White: | 749 | 58.6% | 745 | 59.0% | 813 | 60.7% | 846 | 59.8% | 849 | 58.6% | 841 | 57.5% | 857 | 57.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 27 | 2.1% | 24 | 1.9% | 25 | 1.9% | 31 | 2.2% | 31 | 2.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 704 | 55.1% | 676 | 53.5% | 653 | 48.8% | 698 | 49.3% | 696 | 48.0% | 647 | 44.3% | 657 | 44.0% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 98 | 7.7% | 107 | 8.5% | 126 | 9.4% | 119 | 8.4% | 123 | 8.5% | 116 | 7.9% | 121 | 8.1% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.97 | 16.89 | 17.21 | 17.05 | 16.08 | 16.10 | 16.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 66% | 71% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 59.7% | 68.3% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 46.5% | 46.5% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 34.3% | 34.3% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84% | 84% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75.2% | 75.2% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.2% | 78.2% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.7% | 85.7% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.3% | 80.3% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.2% | 84.2% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83% | 83% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.8% | 84.8% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 57% | 57% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 49.4% | 49.4% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 53.3% | 53.3% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 54.7% | 54.7% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 52.7% | 52.7% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 54% | 54% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 60.9% | 60.9% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 61% | 61% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 21.8% | 21.8% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 34% | 34% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 64.1% | 64.1% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 71.3% | 71.3% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 63.1% | 62.1% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 63.5% | 63.5% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 65.6% | 65.6% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 66% | 66% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 64.9% | 64.9% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 68.1% | 68.1% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 57.2% | 57.2% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 35% | 35% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 53.6% | 53.6% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 51.7% | 51.7% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 62.7% | 62.7% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 22.2% | 22.2% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 41.4% | 41.4% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 46.9% | 46.9% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 47.8% | 47.8% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 47.9% | 47.9% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 59% | 59% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 60.3% | 60.3% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 60.1% | 60.1% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.2% | 72.2% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.5% | 72.5% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81% | 81% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.7% | 78.7% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.6% | 82.6% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 53% | 53% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 59% | 59% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 59% | 59% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 63.1% | 63.1% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 73.8% | 73.8% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 62.5% | 62.5% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 76.9% | 76.9% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 83.5% | 83.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 69.9% | 69.9% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 51.1% | 51.1% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 55.5% | 55.5% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 63.2% | 63.2% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 65.2% | 65.2% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 51.9% | 51.9% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 63.4% | 63.4% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 87.4% | 87.4% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 84.31% | 84.3% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 84.5% | 84.5% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 86% | 86% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 78% | 78% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 77.5% | 77.5% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 80.78% | 80.8% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 86.3% | 86.3% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 76.5% | 76.5% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 96.8% | 96.8% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88.4% | 88.4% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88.96% | 89% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 74% | 74% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 61.1% | 61.1% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86% | 86% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 87.5% | 87.5% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 82.74% | 83% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Upson-Lee 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.