Gainesville High School
830 Century Place
Gainesville GA, 30501, Hall County
Phone: 770-536-4441
Ranking: 
(130 out of 392, top 33%)*
(130 out of 392, top 33%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Gainesville City School District
Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA
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: | 97 | 96 | 94 | 91 | 95 | 97 | 103 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,714 | 1,640 | 1,537 | 1,465 | 1,377 | 1,310 | 1,207 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 617 | 36.0% | 571 | 34.8% | 594 | 38.6% | 569 | 38.8% | 521 | 37.8% | 520 | 39.7% | 477 | 39.5% |
| Grade 10: | 439 | 25.6% | 458 | 27.9% | 398 | 25.9% | 376 | 25.7% | 347 | 25.2% | 351 | 26.8% | 311 | 25.8% |
| Grade 11: | 364 | 21.2% | 315 | 19.2% | 251 | 16.3% | 247 | 16.9% | 236 | 17.1% | 231 | 17.6% | 207 | 17.1% |
| Grade 12: | 294 | 17.2% | 296 | 18.0% | 294 | 19.1% | 273 | 18.6% | 273 | 19.8% | 208 | 15.9% | 212 | 17.6% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 869 | 50.7% | 822 | 50.1% | 768 | 50.0% | 726 | 49.6% | 702 | 51.0% | 642 | 49.0% | 565 | 46.8% |
| Female: | 845 | 49.3% | 818 | 49.9% | 769 | 50.0% | 739 | 50.4% | 675 | 49.0% | 634 | 48.4% | 607 | 50.3% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 3 | 0.2% | 5 | 0.3% | 5 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 71 | 4.1% | 68 | 4.1% | 65 | 4.2% | 65 | 4.4% | 58 | 4.2% | 52 | 4.0% | 41 | 3.4% |
| Hispanic: | 917 | 53.5% | 834 | 50.9% | 774 | 50.4% | 726 | 49.6% | 675 | 49.0% | 601 | 45.9% | 519 | 43.0% |
| Black: | 344 | 20.1% | 353 | 21.5% | 323 | 21.0% | 309 | 21.1% | 301 | 21.9% | 301 | 23.0% | 290 | 24.0% |
| White: | 352 | 20.5% | 348 | 21.2% | 342 | 22.3% | 336 | 22.9% | 321 | 23.3% | 327 | 25.0% | 323 | 26.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 27 | 1.6% | 32 | 2.0% | 28 | 1.8% | 26 | 1.8% | 20 | 1.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,044 | 60.9% | 999 | 60.9% | 936 | 60.9% | 872 | 59.5% | 834 | 60.6% | 704 | 53.7% | 643 | 53.3% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 139 | 8.1% | 133 | 8.1% | 125 | 8.1% | 132 | 9.0% | 123 | 8.9% | 127 | 9.7% | 147 | 12.2% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.69 | 17.08 | 16.44 | 16.10 | 14.57 | 13.50 | 11.70 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 70% | 78% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 73.4% | 82.6% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 63.7% | 63.7% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 48.4% | 48.4% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87% | 87% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.7% | 81.7% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 89.1% | 89.1% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.8% | 92.8% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.3% | 92.3% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 93.6% | 90.5% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 88.5% | 88.5% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 92.5% | 91.5% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 61% | 61% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 67.7% | 67.7% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 73.6% | 73.6% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 76.8% | 76.8% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 71.5% | 71.5% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 76.5% | 72% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 79% | 76.8% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 68.4% | 67.7% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 33.9% | 33% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 67% | 67% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 63.8% | 63.8% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 73.4% | 73.4% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 80.8% | 80.8% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 72.7% | 72.7% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 85.5% | 77% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 80.3% | 67.5% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 72.5% | 68.3% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 70% | 73% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 54.1% | 61.1% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 56.7% | 64.3% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 35.3% | 35.3% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 72.6% | 72.6% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 56.9% | 55.8% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 58% | 57.8% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 27.6% | 35.1% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 69.4% | 69.4% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 62.8% | 62.3% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 55.4% | 52.9% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 57.8% | 55.6% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 46% | 57% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 54.5% | 68.6% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.1% | 84.6% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 72.8% | 81.9% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.3% | 85.3% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.9% | 82.8% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 71.7% | 78.7% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75.8% | 83.1% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68% | 68% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 59.1% | 59.1% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 74.4% | 74.4% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 76.1% | 76.1% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 74.4% | 74.4% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 59.3% | 57.8% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 63.8% | 62.3% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 68.8% | 66.3% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 82% | 82% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 72.1% | 72.1% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 62.1% | 62.1% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 57.2% | 57.2% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 69.5% | 69.5% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 73.4% | 69.3% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 62.5% | 58.1% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 64.7% | 62.6% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 97.1% | 97.1% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 96.55% | 96.6% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 95.3% | 95.3% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 96% | 95% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 91% | 91% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 95.4% | 95.4% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91.81% | 91.8% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 96.3% | 96.3% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 96% | 96% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 83.3% | 83.3% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 92% | 91% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 98.5% | 98.5% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93% | 93% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 95% | 95% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 100% | 100% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 97% | 97% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 77% | 77% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 72.4% | 72.4% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86% | 86% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86.4% | 86.4% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 94% | 94% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 91.38% | 91% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Gainesville 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.