Effingham County High School
1589 Ga Hwy 119 South
Springfield GA, 31329, Effingham County
Phone: 912-754-6404
Ranking: 
(132 out of 392, top 34%)*
(132 out of 392, top 34%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Effingham County School District
Title I Eligible School: No
Magnet: NA
Charter: NA
Shared-Time School: NA
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 95 | 94 | 100 | 105 | 113 | 115 | 105 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,884 | 1,867 | 1,827 | 1,840 | 1,791 | 1,730 | 1,676 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 577 | 30.6% | 585 | 31.3% | 547 | 29.9% | 528 | 28.7% | 547 | 30.5% | 514 | 29.7% | 574 | 34.2% |
| Grade 10: | 520 | 27.6% | 469 | 25.1% | 466 | 25.5% | 487 | 26.5% | 466 | 26.0% | 476 | 27.5% | 437 | 26.1% |
| Grade 11: | 414 | 22.0% | 407 | 21.8% | 434 | 23.8% | 427 | 23.2% | 441 | 24.6% | 403 | 23.3% | 336 | 20.0% |
| Grade 12: | 373 | 19.8% | 406 | 21.7% | 380 | 20.8% | 398 | 21.6% | 337 | 18.8% | 337 | 19.5% | 329 | 19.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 938 | 49.8% | 938 | 50.2% | 911 | 49.9% | 908 | 49.3% | 884 | 49.4% | 833 | 48.2% | 805 | 48.0% |
| Female: | 946 | 50.2% | 929 | 49.8% | 916 | 50.1% | 932 | 50.7% | 907 | 50.6% | 853 | 49.3% | 845 | 50.4% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.2% | 6 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.3% | 8 | 0.4% | 11 | 0.6% | 7 | 0.4% | 4 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 20 | 1.1% | 17 | 0.9% | 15 | 0.8% | 12 | 0.7% | 13 | 0.7% | 11 | 0.6% | 15 | 0.9% |
| Hispanic: | 81 | 4.3% | 69 | 3.7% | 70 | 3.8% | 66 | 3.6% | 64 | 3.6% | 41 | 2.4% | 41 | 2.4% |
| Black: | 398 | 21.1% | 412 | 22.1% | 419 | 22.9% | 428 | 23.3% | 415 | 23.2% | 438 | 25.3% | 396 | 23.6% |
| White: | 1,300 | 69.0% | 1,283 | 68.7% | 1,241 | 67.9% | 1,249 | 67.9% | 1,199 | 66.9% | 1,197 | 69.2% | 1,198 | 71.5% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 78 | 4.1% | 77 | 4.1% | 75 | 4.1% | 76 | 4.1% | 89 | 5.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 552 | 29.3% | 605 | 32.4% | 626 | 34.3% | 602 | 32.7% | 540 | 30.2% | 472 | 27.3% | 418 | 24.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 139 | 7.4% | 123 | 6.6% | 113 | 6.2% | 119 | 6.5% | 138 | 7.7% | 122 | 7.1% | 167 | 10.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.94 | 19.95 | 18.33 | 17.61 | 15.88 | 15.10 | 16.00 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 80% | 86% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 90.9% | 92.2% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 88.1% | 86.6% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 82.8% | 75.3% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79% | 83% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 69.9% | 78.1% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.7% | 89.2% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.9% | 87.9% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 91.3% | 92.4% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.4% | 87.3% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.6% | 92% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 90.1% | 92.7% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 57% | 64% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 57.1% | 65.2% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 84% | 79.7% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 68.3% | 71.4% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 70.3% | 76.3% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 69.5% | 78.6% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 75.6% | 76.5% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 79.5% | 83.7% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 44.3% | 41.9% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 42% | 36% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 23.1% | 53.6% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 45.4% | 65.5% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 63.3% | 73.9% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 65.5% | 78.4% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 71.8% | 79.2% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 64.5% | 80.4% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 61.4% | 74.3% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 82% | 86% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 87.1% | 91.2% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 90.9% | 91.7% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 78.2% | 77.8% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 60.8% | 68.2% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 68.9% | 72.4% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 65% | 71.2% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 57% | 56.8% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 59.8% | 59.6% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 60.1% | 58.2% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 69% | 74.4% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 67% | 70% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 67.3% | 68.2% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 67.5% | 73% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.3% | 80.8% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.4% | 84.5% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.8% | 91.9% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 84.7% | 88.3% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 90.7% | 92.8% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68% | 74% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 65.1% | 74.1% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 55.8% | 74.4% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 82.3% | 83.8% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 78.5% | 81.6% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 84% | 88.1% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 80.4% | 86.7% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 90.7% | 92.9% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73% | 76% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 71.6% | 68.9% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 72.4% | 63.6% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 57.9% | 61.9% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 76.3% | 70.9% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 81% | 82.6% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 77.8% | 80.7% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73.1% | 80.3% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91.7% | 91.4% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 87.57% | 89.5% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 91.4% | 92.2% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 88% | 90% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 84% | 86% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 84.1% | 86.9% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 87.3% | 88.6% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 89.7% | 90.4% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91% | 93% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 84.9% | 81% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 83% | 84% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 95% | 97% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 96.6% | 96.7% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 92% | 94% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94.9% | 95.8% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 94.59% | 95% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93% | 94% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 72% | 72% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 73.6% | 78.2% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 84% | 86% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 89.7% | 91.6% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 90% | 90% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88.11% | 88% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Effingham County High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.