Worth County High School
406 West King St
Sylvester GA, 31791, Worth County
Phone: 229-776-8625
Ranking: 
(182 out of 392, top 46%)*
(182 out of 392, top 46%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Worth 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: | 58 | 59 | 63 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 68 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 942 | 949 | 949 | 1,000 | 1,031 | 1,112 | 1,143 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 280 | 29.7% | 307 | 32.3% | 277 | 29.2% | 295 | 29.5% | 282 | 27.4% | 327 | 29.4% | 380 | 33.2% |
| Grade 10: | 242 | 25.7% | 224 | 23.6% | 268 | 28.2% | 239 | 23.9% | 297 | 28.8% | 323 | 29.0% | 332 | 29.0% |
| Grade 11: | 214 | 22.7% | 238 | 25.1% | 195 | 20.5% | 225 | 22.5% | 235 | 22.8% | 246 | 22.1% | 237 | 20.7% |
| Grade 12: | 206 | 21.9% | 180 | 19.0% | 209 | 22.0% | 241 | 24.1% | 217 | 21.0% | 216 | 19.4% | 194 | 17.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 460 | 48.8% | 463 | 48.8% | 470 | 49.5% | 480 | 48.0% | 498 | 48.3% | 517 | 46.5% | 558 | 48.8% |
| Female: | 482 | 51.2% | 486 | 51.2% | 479 | 50.5% | 520 | 52.0% | 533 | 51.7% | 582 | 52.3% | 578 | 50.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 2 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.3% |
| Hispanic: | 9 | 1.0% | 9 | 0.9% | 9 | 0.9% | 12 | 1.2% | 21 | 2.0% | 10 | 0.9% | 9 | 0.8% |
| Black: | 362 | 38.4% | 364 | 38.4% | 346 | 36.5% | 363 | 36.3% | 370 | 35.9% | 437 | 39.3% | 456 | 39.9% |
| White: | 539 | 57.2% | 546 | 57.5% | 559 | 58.9% | 594 | 59.4% | 595 | 57.7% | 656 | 59.0% | 671 | 58.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 26 | 2.8% | 25 | 2.6% | 30 | 3.2% | 25 | 2.5% | 37 | 3.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 531 | 56.4% | 544 | 57.3% | 543 | 57.2% | 540 | 54.0% | 512 | 49.7% | 500 | 45.0% | 461 | 40.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 57 | 6.1% | 75 | 7.9% | 100 | 10.5% | 78 | 7.8% | 95 | 9.2% | 112 | 10.1% | 143 | 12.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.30 | 16.22 | 15.16 | 16.37 | 14.94 | 15.40 | 16.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 68% | 68% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 79.3% | 79.9% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 57.8% | 57.8% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 47.7% | 47.7% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 77% | 77% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.4% | 79.4% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.6% | 80.6% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.4% | 83.4% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.4% | 86.4% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.3% | 85.3% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.3% | 88.3% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 50% | 50% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 44% | 44% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 45% | 45% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 57.1% | 57.1% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 62.5% | 62.5% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 64.1% | 64.1% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 65.9% | 65.9% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 83.2% | 83.2% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 28.9% | 28.9% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 40% | 40% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 55.8% | 55.8% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 60.8% | 60.8% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 49.5% | 49.5% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 42.5% | 42.5% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 49.8% | 49.8% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 53% | 53% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 59.2% | 59.2% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 75% | 75% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 71.8% | 71.8% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 77% | 77% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 57.4% | 57.4% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 52.3% | 52.3% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 66% | 66% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 72.6% | 72.6% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 47.2% | 47.2% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 55% | 55% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 57.4% | 57.4% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 67.6% | 67.6% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 54% | 54% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 63.5% | 63.5% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 64.7% | 64.7% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 68.2% | 68.2% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 73.2% | 73.2% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75.9% | 75.9% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.4% | 82.4% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 86.3% | 86.3% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 56% | 56% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68.9% | 68.9% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 56.3% | 56.3% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 69.3% | 69.3% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 77% | 77% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68.2% | 68.2% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 66.8% | 66.8% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 78.5% | 78.5% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 65% | 65% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 78% | 78% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 39% | 39% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 42.3% | 42.3% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 30.4% | 30.4% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 60.7% | 60.7% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 57.5% | 57.5% | 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 | 85.8% | 85.8% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 89.25% | 89.2% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 85.4% | 85.4% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 85.9% | 85.9% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 76.17% | 76.1% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 82.9% | 82.9% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 92% | 92% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 56.9% | 56.9% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 80% | 80% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 94.6% | 94.6% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89% | 89% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 91.6% | 91.6% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 96.74% | 97% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 58% | 58% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 68.1% | 68.1% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85.6% | 85.6% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 83.72% | 84% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Worth County 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.