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South Forsyth High School
585 Peachtree Pkwy, Cumming, Ga. 30041
770-781-2264 | District Web site
Grades 9 - 12
Under federally mandated standards, schools must meet a number of academic testing and testing participation standards, called Annual Yearly Progress. In the core testing areas of math and English language arts (ELA), this school did meet minimum standards in math and did meet minimum standards in ELA.

SCHOOL SIZE

Enrollment Total White Black Hispanic Other
This school 2,057 89% 1% 8% 2%
District total 22,284 89% 1% 8% 2%
Georgia total 1,536,889 50% 38% 7% 5%

THE STUDENTS

Completion Graduates Dropouts Retained
This school 383 51 6%
District total 906 342 4%
Georgia total 75,562 36,811 7%

HOPE scholarships Eligible graduates
This school 81%
District average 73%
Georgia average 59%
 
Students per teacher Number
This school 17
District average 15
Georgia average 14
 
Free/reduced lunches Eligible
This school 7%
District average 13%
Georgia average 46%

THE SCHOOL

Sports offered: Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling
Foreign languages taught: French, German, Latin, Spanish
Expenditure per student: $7,152.53 

THE TEACHERS

Experience Number
<1 year 13
1-10 years 74
11-20 years 39
21-30 21
30+ years 4
 
Average experience Years
This school 11
District average 11
Georgia average 12
 
Advanced degrees Masters or above
This school 55%
District average 51%
Georgia average 53%

SAT COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM
Average
scores
Math Verbal Total
This school 528 527 1055
Metro Atlanta 499 496 996
Georgia 494 493 987
Nation 508 518 1026
 
GIFTED STUDENTS
This school 14%
District Average 14%
State average 9%

Source: 2003-2004 school year data was compiled using publicly available data from the Georgia and U.S. departments of education, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, the Georgia Student Finance Commission and from an independent AJC survey of public schools throughout metro Atlanta.

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