West Forsyth High School
4155 Drew Rd Cumming GA, 30040, Forsyth County Phone: 770-888-3470 Ranking:  (24 out of 392, top 6%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Forsyth County School District Title I Eligible School: No 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: | 124 | 118 | 119 | 115 | 114 | 108 | 79 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 2,257 | 2,134 | 2,078 | 1,971 | 1,904 | 1,719 | 1,203 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 652 | 28.9% | 568 | 26.6% | 578 | 27.8% | 552 | 28.0% | 536 | 28.2% | 534 | 31.1% | 475 | 39.5% |
| Grade 10: | 564 | 25.0% | 579 | 27.1% | 538 | 25.9% | 510 | 25.9% | 519 | 27.3% | 487 | 28.3% | 436 | 36.2% |
| Grade 11: | 559 | 24.8% | 502 | 23.5% | 502 | 24.2% | 483 | 24.5% | 446 | 23.4% | 417 | 24.3% | 292 | 24.3% |
| Grade 12: | 482 | 21.4% | 485 | 22.7% | 460 | 22.1% | 426 | 21.6% | 403 | 21.2% | 281 | 16.3% | NA | NA |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 1,166 | 51.7% | 1,126 | 52.8% | 1,063 | 51.2% | 1,001 | 50.8% | 987 | 51.8% | 855 | 49.7% | 603 | 50.1% |
| Female: | 1,091 | 48.3% | 1,008 | 47.2% | 1,015 | 48.8% | 970 | 49.2% | 917 | 48.2% | 829 | 48.2% | 581 | 48.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 10 | 0.4% | 9 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.3% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 55 | 2.4% | 53 | 2.5% | 48 | 2.3% | 48 | 2.4% | 43 | 2.3% | 31 | 1.8% | 21 | 1.7% |
| Hispanic: | 204 | 9.0% | 214 | 10.0% | 186 | 9.0% | 177 | 9.0% | 154 | 8.1% | 110 | 6.4% | 83 | 6.9% |
| Black: | 48 | 2.1% | 45 | 2.1% | 52 | 2.5% | 47 | 2.4% | 51 | 2.7% | 54 | 3.1% | 38 | 3.2% |
| White: | 1,887 | 83.6% | 1,772 | 83.0% | 1,745 | 84.0% | 1,655 | 84.0% | 1,617 | 84.9% | 1,495 | 87.0% | 1,044 | 86.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 50 | 2.2% | 39 | 1.8% | 40 | 1.9% | 37 | 1.9% | 33 | 1.7% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 254 | 11.3% | 215 | 10.1% | 203 | 9.8% | 206 | 10.5% | 164 | 8.6% | 134 | 7.8% | 81 | 6.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 52 | 2.3% | 61 | 2.9% | 59 | 2.8% | 35 | 1.8% | 59 | 3.1% | 49 | 2.9% | 32 | 2.7% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.16 | 18.08 | 17.45 | 17.14 | 16.69 | 16.00 | 15.20 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 80.5% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 65.8% | 52.1% | 40% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 94.9% | 92.2% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.1% | 92% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.8% | 94.9% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85% | 79% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 97.3% | 96.2% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 97.7% | 97.7% | N/A |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 89.7% | 85.6% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 86.3% | 83.5% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 83% | 83.3% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 88.6% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 93.3% | 91.1% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 87.1% | 89.5% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 56.2% | 64.9% | 36.9% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 94.6% | 88.4% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 91.2% | 89.4% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 91.3% | 89% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 93.9% | 93.7% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 96.7% | 95% | 78.9% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 86.2% | 79.1% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 90.2% | 77.6% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 87.2% | 88.3% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 85.3% | 87.3% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 87.5% | 89.5% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 78.2% | 82.2% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 83.9% | 80.8% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 82.5% | 82.4% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 86.8% | 82.4% | 59.1% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 96.1% | 90.3% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91.9% | 90.4% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.4% | 94% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93.2% | 94.9% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 95.2% | 95.4% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 96.2% | 96.7% | 85.7% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 88.5% | 81.9% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 75.1% | 69.1% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 90.4% | 88.9% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 95.1% | 93.2% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 88.6% | 92.7% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 93.9% | 94.6% | 82.7% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 77.4% | 73.7% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 80.8% | 77.5% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 85.5% | 75.7% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 84.5% | 80.4% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 82.5% | 83.8% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 84.8% | 86.6% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 94.2% | 94.2% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 96.48% | 96.4% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 96.5% | 95.9% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 98% | 97% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 97% | 95% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 94.3% | 93% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 98% | 96% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 96.7% | 95% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 99% | 98% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 91.1% | 88.5% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 93% | 89% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 99% | 98% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 99.25% | 99% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 91% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 96.98% | 95% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* West Forsyth High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.