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Harris County High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
8281 Ga Highway 116
Hamilton, GA 31811
Phone
(706) 628-4278
District
HARRIS COUNTY
County
HARRIS COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1706
Classroom Teachers
89

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Georgia

7

(10 is best)

Better than 67.9% of GA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

6

(10 is best)

Harris County High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
47%
43%
52%
46%
41%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
16
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 443 26.0%
Grade 10 434 25.4%
Grade 11 400 23.4%
Grade 12 429 25.1%
Total 1706 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 77.1% 77.2% 39.3%
Black 15.1% 14.7% 38.0%
Hispanic 6.8% 7.2% 17.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.7% 0.6% 4.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.3% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED 23.9% 29.4% 56.4%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE 20.8% 24.8% 52.4%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE 3.1% 4.6% 4.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 34,676 10,799,566
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 73.3 185
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.1% 6.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.0% 20.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.7% 33.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.9% 25.6%
65 OR OLDER 18.4% 13.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,429 3,861,607
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 12.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.6% 87.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 32.4% 32.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.9% 13.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 21.0% 14.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.9% 12.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.0% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.8% 17.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.0% 13.7%
$15,000 or less 5.2% 10.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,335 $34,513,080 57.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $646 $3,519,408 5.8%
Staff $357 $1,944,936 3.2%
General Administration $175 $953,400 1.6%
School Administration $675 $3,677,400 6.1%
Operation $992 $5,404,416 8.9%
Transportation $813 $4,429,224 7.3%
Other $277 $1,509,096 2.5%
Total Support $3,935 $21,437,880 35.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $837 $4,559,976 7.5%
Total Expenditures $11,107 $60,510,936 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,866 $11,878,675,144 53.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $632 $1,093,759,348 4.9%
Staff $573 $991,571,700 4.5%
General Administration $152 $263,420,257 1.2%
School Administration $723 $1,251,357,017 5.7%
Operation $860 $1,487,787,082 6.7%
Transportation $551 $953,843,070 4.3%
Other $393 $679,679,981 3.1%
Total Support $3,885 $6,721,757,371 30.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,024 $3,501,965,050 15.8%
Total Expenditures $12,776 $22,102,367,644 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%