West Laurens High School
3692 Ga Hwy 257
Dexter GA, 31019, Laurens County
Phone: 478-875-1000
Ranking: 
(128 out of 392, top 33%)*
(128 out of 392, top 33%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Laurens 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 | ||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 66 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | |||||
| Total Students: | 1,199 | 1,196 | 1,187 | 1,207 | 1,203 | |||||
| Grade 9: | 355 | 29.6% | 333 | 27.8% | 338 | 28.5% | 359 | 29.7% | 335 | 27.8% |
| Grade 10: | 316 | 26.4% | 307 | 25.7% | 312 | 26.3% | 307 | 25.4% | 326 | 27.1% |
| Grade 11: | 260 | 21.7% | 280 | 23.4% | 277 | 23.3% | 273 | 22.6% | 283 | 23.5% |
| Grade 12: | 268 | 22.4% | 276 | 23.1% | 260 | 21.9% | 268 | 22.2% | 259 | 21.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||
| Male: | 585 | 48.8% | 591 | 49.4% | 585 | 49.3% | 589 | 48.8% | 594 | 49.4% |
| Female: | 614 | 51.2% | 605 | 50.6% | 602 | 50.7% | 618 | 51.2% | 609 | 50.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 4 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.4% | 7 | 0.6% | 8 | 0.7% |
| Hispanic: | 26 | 2.2% | 26 | 2.2% | 31 | 2.6% | 30 | 2.5% | 33 | 2.7% |
| Black: | 296 | 24.7% | 328 | 27.4% | 315 | 26.5% | 321 | 26.6% | 320 | 26.6% |
| White: | 855 | 71.3% | 818 | 68.4% | 821 | 69.2% | 827 | 68.5% | 824 | 68.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Two or More Races: | 16 | 1.3% | 20 | 1.7% | 15 | 1.3% | 21 | 1.7% | 16 | 1.3% |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 533 | 44.5% | 520 | 43.5% | 489 | 41.2% | 446 | 37.0% | 374 | 31.1% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 85 | 7.1% | 80 | 6.7% | 111 | 9.4% | 80 | 6.6% | 103 | 8.6% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 18.11 | 18.20 | 17.46 | 17.80 | 18.01 | |||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 84.8% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91.8% | 89.9% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.1% | 89.2% | N/A |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 66.3% | 58.9% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 69.9% | 63% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 89.9% | 90.1% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 58% | 38.9% | 36.9% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 72.8% | 66.5% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 73.4% | 70.3% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 67.7% | 70.4% | 78.9% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 70.6% | 61.6% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 83.1% | 74.6% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 25% | 25.6% | N/A |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 70.1% | 61.6% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 62.7% | 59.7% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 66.8% | 56.4% | 59.1% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.1% | 79.7% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.7% | 84.2% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91.3% | 87.5% | 85.7% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 84.3% | 79.4% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 79.6% | 76.7% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 87.8% | 85.5% | 82.7% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 59.9% | 61.4% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 61.6% | 65.8% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 71.4% | 71.2% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90% | 88% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 79% | 77% | 84% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91% | 89% | 93% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 76% | 75% | 80% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* West Laurens High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.