Griffin High School
1617 West Poplar St
Griffin GA, 30224, Spalding County
Phone: 770-229-3752
Ranking: 
(313 out of 392, bottom 20%)*
(313 out of 392, bottom 20%)*Type: Regular High School
Status: Currently Operational
Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12
School District: Spalding County 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: | 78 | 77 | 79 | 91 | 92 | 96 | 95 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,356 | 1,342 | 1,304 | 1,372 | 1,437 | 1,526 | 1,596 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 409 | 30.2% | 484 | 36.1% | 495 | 38.0% | 422 | 30.8% | 476 | 33.1% | 533 | 34.9% | 578 | 36.2% |
| Grade 10: | 401 | 29.6% | 379 | 28.2% | 299 | 22.9% | 365 | 26.6% | 359 | 25.0% | 381 | 25.0% | 372 | 23.3% |
| Grade 11: | 324 | 23.9% | 255 | 19.0% | 296 | 22.7% | 307 | 22.4% | 327 | 22.8% | 340 | 22.3% | 356 | 22.3% |
| Grade 12: | 222 | 16.4% | 224 | 16.7% | 214 | 16.4% | 278 | 20.3% | 275 | 19.1% | 272 | 17.8% | 290 | 18.2% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 664 | 49.0% | 680 | 50.7% | 642 | 49.2% | 655 | 47.7% | 710 | 49.4% | 687 | 45.0% | 704 | 44.1% |
| Female: | 692 | 51.0% | 662 | 49.3% | 662 | 50.8% | 717 | 52.3% | 727 | 50.6% | 802 | 52.6% | 859 | 53.8% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% | 4 | 0.3% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% |
| Asian: | 16 | 1.2% | 16 | 1.2% | 16 | 1.2% | 14 | 1.0% | 16 | 1.1% | 16 | 1.0% | 18 | 1.1% |
| Hispanic: | 84 | 6.2% | 72 | 5.4% | 65 | 5.0% | 51 | 3.7% | 46 | 3.2% | 34 | 2.2% | 39 | 2.4% |
| Black: | 737 | 54.4% | 723 | 53.9% | 679 | 52.1% | 732 | 53.4% | 765 | 53.2% | 846 | 55.4% | 889 | 55.7% |
| White: | 479 | 35.3% | 500 | 37.3% | 515 | 39.5% | 544 | 39.7% | 580 | 40.4% | 598 | 39.2% | 617 | 38.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 36 | 2.7% | 26 | 1.9% | 25 | 1.9% | 27 | 2.0% | 26 | 1.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 936 | 69.0% | 913 | 68.0% | 854 | 65.5% | 920 | 67.1% | 884 | 61.5% | 857 | 56.2% | 892 | 55.9% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 103 | 7.6% | 116 | 8.6% | 122 | 9.4% | 88 | 6.4% | 137 | 9.5% | 168 | 11.0% | 164 | 10.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.41 | 17.36 | 16.51 | 15.13 | 15.59 | 15.90 | 16.80 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 39% | 52% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 31.9% | 44.6% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 33.6% | 32.7% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 25.4% | 26.2% | 40% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75% | 77% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 70.3% | 74.7% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 79.9% | 82.2% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75% | 79.7% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.3% | 77.8% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.6% | 81% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.1% | 82.5% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.9% | 87.4% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 41% | 49% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 38.8% | 48.4% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 51.5% | 53.4% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 52.7% | 54.9% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 47.6% | 52.7% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 59.4% | 63.4% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 62.1% | 64% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 60.3% | 66% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 16.5% | 23.4% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 57% | 61% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 57.1% | 65.8% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 59.5% | 62.8% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 54.1% | 67.9% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 57.3% | 63.1% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 64.2% | 66.2% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 72.2% | 67.9% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 77.3% | 76% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 42% | 54% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 50% | 56% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 44.4% | 49.9% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 19.9% | 24.3% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 39.8% | 45.4% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 42.3% | 48.6% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 58.6% | 62.6% | 65.2% |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 20.1% | 39.3% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 40.1% | 51.2% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 44.9% | 50.8% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 51.2% | 54.3% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 49% | 56% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 49.9% | 55.7% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 61% | 64.9% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 59.4% | 67.7% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 62.3% | 68.4% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 78.8% | 82.2% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83% | 80.6% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.6% | 80.6% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 40% | 50% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 42.5% | 49.7% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 54.5% | 55.2% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 54.4% | 58.3% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 62.5% | 66.6% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 63% | 69.5% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 40.5% | 72.9% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 75.4% | 76.6% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 61% | 62% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 58.6% | 62% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 47.3% | 53.2% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 44.1% | 50.4% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 43.4% | 47.9% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 43.2% | 50.1% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 41.5% | 51.8% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 53.7% | 66.1% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 88.7% | 91.1% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 84.59% | 86.3% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 86.9% | 86.9% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 81% | 86% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 68% | 78% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 79.6% | 82% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 86.35% | 84.7% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 89.5% | 88.1% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 85% | 86% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 78% | 77.2% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 62% | 71% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 94% | 96% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 94.6% | 96.4% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89% | 91% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 84.2% | 88.8% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90% | 92% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89.12% | 89% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 88% | 90% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 61% | 67% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 57.9% | 62.3% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85% | 85% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85.5% | 84.9% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 86% | 87% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 83.11% | 84% | 87.24% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
* Griffin High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.