Jefferson County High School (Georgia)

Jefferson County High School
Address
1157 Warrior Trail
Louisville, Georgia, 30434
United States
Coordinates 33°06′13″N 82°24′38″W / 33.103621°N 82.410507°WCoordinates: 33°06′13″N 82°24′38″W / 33.103621°N 82.410507°W[1]
Information
Motto JCHS is a fountain of knowledge - don't leave thirsty[2]
School district Jefferson County School District
Principal Alan Long
Assistant principals Stacy Arnold
Barbara Jordan
Teaching staff 60 FTE[3]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,027[3]
Student to teacher ratio 17:1[3]
Color(s)             [4]
Athletics GHSA
Athletics conference 3B AA
Mascot Warrior
Team name Warriors
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[5]
Publication The BattleCry[6]
Yearbook The Arrow[6]
Feeder schools Louisville Middle School
Wrens Middle School
Telephone (478) 625-9991
Fax (478) 625-8988
Website Jefferson County High School

Jefferson County High School is a public high school located in Louisville, Georgia, USA. The school is part of the Jefferson County School District, which serves Jefferson County, Georgia.[3]

History

Establishment

In 1995 the two public high schools of Jefferson County, Georgia, an administrative area including approximately 17,000 residents,[7] were closed and consolidated into a single new entity, Jefferson County High School.[8] At the time of the new school's construction in Louisville, Georgia, more than half of the county's residents did not have a high school education and 70 percent of its high school graduates did not seek collegiate education.[8]

The Jefferson County School District named Molly Howard as principal of the new school at the time of its formation.[8] Howard and the school's staff set about at improving the educational performance of the student body, posting impressive gains in achievement in state-mandated mathematics tests during the first decade of the 21st Century which led to Howard's selection as the 2008 National High School Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.[8]

Demographics

Jefferson County High School has slightly more than 1,000 students, of which 79% are of non-European American ethnicity.[9] About 4 out of 5 Jefferson County High School students are from families with income levels low enough to qualify for price-subsidized lunches.[9]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Free US Geocoder". Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  2. ↑ "About The School". Jefferson County High School. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "school-stats.com". Retrieved 2011-07-22.
  4. ↑ "Jefferson County Warriors". Georgia High School Football Historians Association. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "International Registry for Accreditation". AdcancED. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "School Publications". Jefferson County High School. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "GA - Jefferson County: 2010 Demographic Profile," 2010 Census Data, United States Census Bureau, www.census.gov/
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Shana Kemp, "2008 National High School Principal of the Year: Georgia Principal Named 2008 MetLife/NASSP National High School Principal of the Year," Reston, VA: National Association of Secondary School Principals, September 4, 2007, www.nassp.org/
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Jefferson County High School, Louisville, Georgia," Rexford, NY: International Center for Leadership in Education, www.leadered.com/

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