| Etowah High School | |
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| Established | 1976 |
| Type | Public high school |
| Principal | Keith Ball |
| Students | 2211 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 6565 Putnam Ford Drive, Woodstock, Georgia, United States |
| District | Cherokee County School District |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Eagles |
| Newspaper | The Talon |
| Website | Etowah High School |
Etowah High School is located near Woodstock, Georgia. In 2006, it was rated 6th in the United States for its technology (2004) , and in 2008, it was ranked among America's Best High Schools. Etowah was ranked 1st in Cherokee County SAT scores for 2006. It was one of the 304 schools in the nation that won the National Blue Ribbon School Award for 2010. The school was also one of the sites used for filming of the 2000 Sports drama Remember the Titans.
Etowah High School is one of six high schools in the Cherokee County School District, along with Cherokee, Sequoyah, Woodstock, Creekview, and River Ridge.
The mission statement for the high school is:
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Etowah's alma mater is traditionally performed at graduation ceremonies.
In 2010, the average SAT score for Etowah High School was above the Cherokee County, Georgia and national average. The mean reading score was 558, the mean math score was 574, and the mean writing score was 547 for an average total score of 1679 of a possible 2400. The Georgia average total score was 1453. The national average total score was 1509.[2]
Etowah High School also performed higher than average on the ACT in 2010 with a mean composite score of 23.6. The county average was 22.2, the Georgia average was 20.7, and the national average was 21.[3]
Several Advanced Placement (AP) classes are offered at Etowah High School including World History, U.S. History, Government, Psychology, Chemistry, Biology, Physics, Calculus (AB and BC), Statistics, English Language and English Literature. The average AP score across classes was a 3.72 out of a possible 5 in 2010.[4]
Graduation rates have improved at Etowah High School as well.
Brian Head, 15, shot and killed himself in March 1994 during his high school economics class. Head had been a longtime target for bullies because of his weight and thick glasses. His father, Bill, subsequently successfully lobbied for a law that criminalized bullying and required schools to alert parents of bullied children.[6]
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