Valdosta High School
3101 North Forrest St
Valdosta GA, 31602, Lowndes County
Phone: 229-333-8540
Ranking: 
(323 out of 392, bottom 18%)*
(323 out of 392, bottom 18%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Valdosta City 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: | 128 | 140 | 123 | 127 | 129 | 145 | 124 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,968 | 1,928 | 1,783 | 1,734 | 1,784 | 1,986 | 1,985 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 632 | 32.1% | 635 | 32.9% | 678 | 38.0% | 602 | 34.7% | 638 | 35.8% | 654 | 32.9% | 629 | 31.7% |
| Grade 10: | 526 | 26.7% | 495 | 25.7% | 428 | 24.0% | 478 | 27.6% | 415 | 23.3% | 507 | 25.5% | 557 | 28.1% |
| Grade 11: | 470 | 23.9% | 427 | 22.1% | 362 | 20.3% | 329 | 19.0% | 370 | 20.7% | 430 | 21.7% | 423 | 21.3% |
| Grade 12: | 340 | 17.3% | 371 | 19.2% | 315 | 17.7% | 325 | 18.7% | 361 | 20.2% | 395 | 19.9% | 376 | 18.9% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 915 | 46.5% | 940 | 48.8% | 875 | 49.1% | 868 | 50.1% | 869 | 48.7% | 944 | 47.5% | 950 | 47.9% |
| Female: | 1,053 | 53.5% | 988 | 51.2% | 908 | 50.9% | 866 | 49.9% | 915 | 51.3% | 991 | 49.9% | 994 | 50.1% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 7 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.4% | 6 | 0.3% | 7 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 34 | 1.7% | 40 | 2.1% | 35 | 2.0% | 38 | 2.2% | 33 | 1.8% | 39 | 2.0% | 38 | 1.9% |
| Hispanic: | 38 | 1.9% | 20 | 1.0% | 67 | 3.8% | 53 | 3.1% | 53 | 3.0% | 27 | 1.4% | 34 | 1.7% |
| Black: | 1,428 | 72.6% | 1,375 | 71.3% | 1,235 | 69.3% | 1,220 | 70.4% | 1,271 | 71.2% | 1,498 | 75.4% | 1,487 | 74.9% |
| White: | 396 | 20.1% | 423 | 21.9% | 389 | 21.8% | 367 | 21.2% | 374 | 21.0% | 376 | 18.9% | 386 | 19.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 5 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 60 | 3.0% | 60 | 3.1% | 47 | 2.6% | 48 | 2.8% | 45 | 2.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,915 | 97.3% | 1,157 | 60.0% | 1,074 | 60.2% | 1,081 | 62.3% | 1,107 | 62.1% | 1,001 | 50.4% | 961 | 48.4% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 129 | 6.7% | 129 | 7.2% | 113 | 6.5% | 141 | 7.9% | 122 | 6.1% | 126 | 6.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.33 | 13.81 | 14.52 | 13.69 | 13.84 | 13.70 | 16.10 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 70% | 69% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 69.8% | 75% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 56.5% | 56.5% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 35.2% | 35.2% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 71% | 71% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 65.6% | 65.6% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.5% | 72.5% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 71.8% | 71.8% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.9% | 73.6% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.3% | 72.9% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.8% | 82.1% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.7% | 89.7% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 39% | 39% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 41% | 41% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 52% | 52% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 45.3% | 45.3% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 61.9% | 52.7% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 71% | 63.9% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 60.7% | 57% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 59.4% | 59.4% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 21.2% | 21.2% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 27% | 27% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 63.6% | 63.6% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 64.4% | 64.4% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 66.3% | 66.3% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 71.9% | 67% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 72.8% | 64.5% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 75.8% | 71.1% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 74.1% | 74.1% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 79% | 79% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 66.5% | 66.5% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 33.6% | 33.6% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 41.4% | 39% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 42.6% | 41.2% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 55.4% | 54.6% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 8% | 8% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 32.1% | 30.8% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 32.4% | 32% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 32.7% | 31.9% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 39.5% | 39.5% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 57% | 57% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 56.2% | 56.2% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 61.7% | 61.7% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 58.8% | 58.8% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 71% | 65.3% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.2% | 73.7% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.4% | 74.6% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.2% | 80.2% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 61% | 61% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 55.6% | 55.6% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 55.1% | 55.1% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 52.5% | 52.5% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 69.4% | 60.2% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 69.9% | 64.2% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 72.9% | 67.9% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 69.6% | 69.6% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 61% | 61% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 55.7% | 55.7% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 49.4% | 49.4% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 48.9% | 48.9% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 60.1% | 56% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 54.8% | 50.9% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 56% | 53.6% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 67.2% | 67.2% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 85.1% | 85.1% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 83.65% | 83.6% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 85.1% | 82.8% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 86% | 81% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 76% | 71% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 77.7% | 77.7% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 83.51% | 83.5% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 85.5% | 83.2% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 90% | 83% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 72.2% | 69.1% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 76% | 68% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 93.3% | 93.3% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88% | 88% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 87.7% | 87.7% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88.71% | 89% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 87% | 84% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 66% | 66% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 69.5% | 69.5% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 76% | 76% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 77.7% | 77.7% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81% | 81% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 79.19% | 79% | 87.24% |
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* Valdosta 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.