Douglas County High School (Douglasville, Georgia)

Douglas County High School
Address
8705 Campbellton St
Douglasville, Georgia, 30134-2202
United States
Coordinates 33°44′35″N 84°44′37″W / 33.743164°N 84.743547°W / 33.743164; -84.743547Coordinates: 33°44′35″N 84°44′37″W / 33.743164°N 84.743547°W / 33.743164; -84.743547[1]
Information
Established 1937
School district Douglas County School District
CEEB Code 111110
Principal Andre Weaver
Teaching staff 115 FTE (2010-11)[2]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2,168 (2010-11)[2]
Student to teacher ratio 18.85 (2010-11)[2]
Athletics GHSA 3-AAAAAA
Mascot Tiger
Newspaper Tiger Talk
Yearbook DOCOHAN
Website Douglas County High School

Douglas County High School, also known as Douglas County Comprehensive High School, is a public high school in Douglasville, Georgia, United States. It was the first high school to open in the Douglas County School District.

History

The original school was built in the early 1880s on the site of the current National Guard Armory. The original building at the current site was built as a WPA project in the 1930s. A portion of that building was burned down in a fire started by a disgruntled janitor in the early 1990s. That building was rebuilt and reopened in 1992. Douglas County High School is located in the Historic District of Douglasville, Georgia.

For the 2005-06 school year, in comparison to the more recent statistics shown on the right, student enrollment was 1,628 and the teaching staff was 97, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8.[2] DCHS is the largest of five high schools in the Douglas County School System, largely due to the presence of the International Baccalaureate Program.

Campus

The Douglas County High School campus is made up of several named buildings:

       Academics:
      Athletics: 
      Other:

Curriculum

Douglas County High School is home to the district's IB Diploma Programme.[3] The first class of IB students graduated in 2010. Out of the 52 students that were in the program their senior year, two thirds graduated with the diploma. The IB magnet program has greatly increased Douglas County's academic performance. Students residing in the Douglas County School District can apply to go to Douglas County High as a part of the IB Program in their eighth grade year.

Extracurricular activities

Douglas County High School offers over 40 different clubs and other extracurricular activities to their students. Douglas County High school offers the most extra-curricular clubs in the school district. Some of these activities include:

Athletics

Douglas County High School teams, known as the Tigers, compete in the Georgia High School Association AAAAAA classification. The school fields teams in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling.

Notable alumni

References

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