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Hiwassee Dam High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

267 Blue Eagle Circle

Murphy NC, 28906, Cherokee County

Phone: 828-644-5916

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Cherokee County Schools

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:	16		16		15		15		15		16		15
Total Students:	204		199		215		210		217		214		203
Grade 9:	56	27.5%	44	22.1%	66	30.7%	52	24.8%	63	29.0%	62	29.0%	60	29.6%
Grade 10:	50	24.5%	64	32.2%	46	21.4%	58	27.6%	60	27.6%	50	23.4%	52	25.6%
Grade 11:	57	27.9%	44	22.1%	53	24.7%	55	26.2%	45	20.7%	52	24.3%	52	25.6%
Grade 12:	41	20.1%	47	23.6%	50	23.3%	45	21.4%	49	22.6%	50	23.4%	39	19.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	118	57.8%	116	58.3%	117	54.4%	114	54.3%	101	46.5%	95	44.4%	95	46.8%
Female:	86	42.2%	83	41.7%	98	45.6%	96	45.7%	108	49.8%	111	51.9%	97	47.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%
Hispanic:	4	2.0%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	2	0.9%	0	0.0%	3	1.5%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	2.3%	6	2.8%	0	0.0%
White:	196	96.1%	197	99.0%	213	99.1%	207	98.6%	210	96.8%	207	96.7%	192	94.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	1.5%	1	0.5%	1	0.5%	2	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	89	43.6%	84	42.2%	93	43.3%	90	42.9%	79	36.4%	64	29.9%	65	32.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	13.7%	25	12.6%	34	15.8%	26	12.4%	36	16.6%	31	14.5%	29	14.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.73		12.12		14.02		14.00		14.47		13.20		13.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOC
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	91.8%	82.1%	82.6%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	81.3%	62%	66.7%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	79.7%	66%	69%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	78%	70.1%	67.7%
2010	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	93.8%	87.2%	77.8%
2011	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	86.3%	86.4%	76.7%
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	86.6%	78.7%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	18.8%	34.0%	36.3%
2006	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	81.3%	90.8%	80.3%
2007	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	64.1%	65.1%
2008	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	75.5%	67.2%
2009	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	68.4%	72.9%
2010	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	83.6%	84.9%
2011	Algebra II	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	82.8%	82.3%
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	75%	69.8%	63.4%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	71.7%	68.6%	65.3%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	65.5%	68.9%	68%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	71.1%	66.7%	71.2%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	81.8%	85.3%	81.2%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	88.5%	84.2%	79.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	74%	85.1%	83%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	50.0%	51.9%	45.6%
2008	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	73.1%	78.9%	71.8%
2009	Chemistry	End of course	% met std	72.7%	83.7%	77.7%
2006	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	71.2%	60.5%	60.1%
2007	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	72%	71%	65.8%
2008	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	78.1%	71%	68.5%
2009	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	76.5%	62.6%	71.4%
2010	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	81.1%	82.4%	78.7%
2011	Civics and Economics	End of course	% met std	94.1%	85.6%	80%
2006	English I	End of course	% met std	87.9%	88%	82.8%
2007	English I	End of course	% met std	83.7%	79.9%	72.1%
2008	English I	End of course	% met std	83.6%	82.8%	73.1%
2009	English I	End of course	% met std	85.5%	83.1%	73.8%
2010	English I	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	89.7%	82.4%
2011	English I	End of course	% met std	83%	87.8%	80.6%
2012	English I	End of course	% met std	90.3%	89.6%	82.9%
2013	English II	End of course	% met std	57.4%	60.9%	51.2%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	72.7%	73.9%	68.8%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	61.8%	73.9%	63.3%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	86.2%	78.8%	67.9%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	85.1%	79.9%	73.3%
2010	Geometry	End of course	% met std	93.1%	82%	82.3%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	90.9%	82.2%	69.1%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	79.6%	66.8%	58.4%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	87%	76.4%	62.7%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	91.7%	82.5%	76.4%
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	75%	82%	76.5%
2006	Physics	End of course	% met std	> 95.0%	93.3%	85.1%
2008	Physics	End of course	% met std	80%	76.2%	81.5%
2006	US History	End of course	% met std	68.4%	52.3%	56.8%
2007	US History	End of course	% met std	42.9%	51.2%	64.6%
2008	US History	End of course	% met std	59.3%	61.6%	66.5%
2009	US History	End of course	% met std	60%	64.5%	71.2%
2010	US History	End of course	% met std	84.8%	74.8%	81.6%
2011	US History	End of course	% met std	74.5%	67.7%	81.5%
EOG
2006	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	47.8%	44.6%	54.1%
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	50%	44%	51.8%
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	83.7%	77.3%	71.9%
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	77.6%	72.3%	70.1%
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	76.3%	69.9%	69.4%
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% met std	87.5%	74.7%	69.9%

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