Tucker High School
5036 Lavista Rd Tucker GA, 30084, Dekalb County Phone: 678-874-3702 Ranking:  (251 out of 392, bottom 36%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: DeKalb 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: | 106 | 95 | 91 | 88 | 82 | 84 | 87 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 1,832 | 1,754 | 1,629 | 1,537 | 1,414 | 1,487 | 1,532 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 612 | 33.4% | 624 | 35.6% | 545 | 33.5% | 511 | 33.2% | 382 | 27.0% | 455 | 30.6% | 483 | 31.5% |
| Grade 10: | 472 | 25.8% | 417 | 23.8% | 429 | 26.3% | 341 | 22.2% | 393 | 27.8% | 376 | 25.3% | 346 | 22.6% |
| Grade 11: | 375 | 20.5% | 422 | 24.1% | 303 | 18.6% | 372 | 24.2% | 335 | 23.7% | 319 | 21.5% | 359 | 23.4% |
| Grade 12: | 373 | 20.4% | 291 | 16.6% | 352 | 21.6% | 313 | 20.4% | 304 | 21.5% | 337 | 22.7% | 344 | 22.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 931 | 50.8% | 923 | 52.6% | 841 | 51.6% | 806 | 52.4% | 731 | 51.7% | 748 | 50.3% | 763 | 49.8% |
| Female: | 901 | 49.2% | 831 | 47.4% | 788 | 48.4% | 731 | 47.6% | 683 | 48.3% | 678 | 45.6% | 715 | 46.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 8 | 0.4% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | 243 | 13.3% | 210 | 12.0% | 169 | 10.4% | 113 | 7.4% | 70 | 5.0% | 58 | 3.9% | 65 | 4.2% |
| Hispanic: | 164 | 9.0% | 162 | 9.2% | 137 | 8.4% | 132 | 8.6% | 113 | 8.0% | 81 | 5.4% | 79 | 5.2% |
| Black: | 1,202 | 65.6% | 1,162 | 66.2% | 1,105 | 67.8% | 1,067 | 69.4% | 977 | 69.1% | 1,071 | 72.0% | 1,089 | 71.1% |
| White: | 182 | 9.9% | 191 | 10.9% | 186 | 11.4% | 175 | 11.4% | 191 | 13.5% | 224 | 15.1% | 249 | 16.3% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.1% | 3 | 0.2% | 4 | 0.3% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 32 | 1.7% | 24 | 1.4% | 27 | 1.7% | 44 | 2.9% | 57 | 4.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 1,093 | 59.7% | 979 | 55.8% | 928 | 57.0% | 810 | 52.7% | 695 | 49.2% | 671 | 45.1% | 669 | 43.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 90 | 4.9% | 104 | 5.9% | 103 | 6.3% | 68 | 4.4% | 98 | 6.9% | 118 | 7.9% | 121 | 7.9% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 17.36 | 18.48 | 17.98 | 17.47 | 17.26 | 17.80 | 17.60 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| EOCT | ||||||
| 2006 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 37% | 33% | 64% |
| 2007 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 46.3% | 34.8% | 65% |
| 2008 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 51.3% | 43.9% | 55% |
| 2009 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 34% | 30.2% | 40% |
| 2012 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 69.3% | 63.6% | 62.8% |
| 2013 | Algebra I | End of course | % met std | 70.3% | 18.2% | 29.9% |
| 2006 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 74% | 74% | 81% |
| 2007 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.9% | 77.6% | 81% |
| 2008 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.9% | 79.8% | 84% |
| 2009 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 82.9% | 83.7% | 86% |
| 2010 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 80.6% | 81.4% | 86.1% |
| 2011 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 87.1% | 85.3% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 85.5% | 87.1% | 89.2% |
| 2013 | American Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 83.9% | 86.2% | N/A |
| 2006 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 36% | 38% | 57% |
| 2007 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 46.2% | 43.7% | 58% |
| 2008 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 53.4% | 48.6% | 62% |
| 2009 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 65% | 51.2% | 64% |
| 2010 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 63.4% | 56.2% | 66.1% |
| 2011 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 63% | 58.6% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 57.6% | 62% | 72.7% |
| 2013 | Biology | End of course | % met std | 58.5% | 63% | N/A |
| 2013 | Coordinate Algebra | End of course | % met std | 22.6% | 25.8% | 36.9% |
| 2006 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 44% | 47% | 58% |
| 2007 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 70.8% | 64.8% | 66% |
| 2008 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 67.4% | 64.6% | 68% |
| 2009 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 72.6% | 68.1% | 68% |
| 2010 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 85.6% | 70.6% | 70.3% |
| 2011 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 74% | 71% | 72.2% |
| 2012 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 77.9% | 76.4% | 77.3% |
| 2013 | Economics/Business/Free Enterprise | End of course | % met std | 78.9% | 77.9% | 78.9% |
| 2006 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 42% | 33% | 62% |
| 2007 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 41% | 38.6% | 63% |
| 2008 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 58.3% | 41.9% | 61% |
| 2009 | Geometry | End of course | % met std | 36.9% | 28.3% | 47% |
| 2010 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 69.4% | 59.3% | 64.4% |
| 2011 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 59.5% | 54.4% | 61.3% |
| 2012 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 63.3% | 54% | 65.2% |
| 2013 | Mathematics I | End of course | % met std | 10.4% | 50.9% | N/A |
| 2010 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 47.9% | 44.4% | 52.3% |
| 2011 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 50.3% | 49.1% | 54.8% |
| 2012 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 48.5% | 48.6% | 53.9% |
| 2013 | Mathematics II | End of course | % met std | 58.8% | 50.5% | 59.1% |
| 2006 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 53% | 51% | 65% |
| 2007 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 59.6% | 56.2% | 68% |
| 2008 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 61.6% | 63.2% | 73% |
| 2009 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 81.4% | 69.4% | 76% |
| 2010 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 74.6% | 70.4% | 79.4% |
| 2011 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 73.8% | 72.4% | 82.3% |
| 2012 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 75.3% | 75.1% | 84.1% |
| 2013 | Ninth Grade Literature and Composition | End of course | % met std | 76.8% | 76.5% | 85.7% |
| 2006 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 47% | 44% | 61% |
| 2007 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 53.6% | 46.8% | 62% |
| 2008 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 59.1% | 49.9% | 63% |
| 2009 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 55.3% | 54.9% | 67% |
| 2010 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 66.7% | 62.1% | 72.2% |
| 2011 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 61.6% | 65.9% | 76.2% |
| 2012 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 49.3% | 59.6% | 77.5% |
| 2013 | Physical Science | End of course | % met std | 63.7% | 66.7% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 71% | 64% | 71% |
| 2007 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 66.7% | 66.3% | 71% |
| 2008 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 58.8% | 54.4% | 59% |
| 2009 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 68.8% | 54.6% | 60% |
| 2010 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 64.1% | 55.2% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 70.9% | 65.4% | 66.2% |
| 2012 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 71.4% | 65.6% | 68.3% |
| 2013 | United States History | End of course | % met std | 75.2% | 69.7% | 72.6% |
| GHSGT (GPS) | ||||||
| 2008 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90.6% | 86.8% | 90% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 88.77% | 87.2% | 89.98% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 86.6% | 87.1% | 90.1% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | End of course | % met std | 90% | 87% | 91% |
| 2011 | Math | End of course | % met std | 80% | 75% | 84% |
| 2008 | Science | End of course | % met std | 82.5% | 81.6% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | Science | End of course | % met std | 84.87% | 82.7% | 87.85% |
| 2010 | Science | End of course | % met std | 84.4% | 85.8% | 90% |
| 2011 | Science | End of course | % met std | 91% | 88% | 93% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 76.1% | 72.6% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 79% | 75% | 80% |
| GHSGT (QCC) | ||||||
| 2006 | English | End of course | % met std | 91% | 93% | 96% |
| 2007 | English | End of course | % met std | 95.8% | 94.7% | 96.2% |
| 2006 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90% | 86% | 92% |
| 2007 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 89.6% | 86.5% | 91.7% |
| 2008 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 93% | 88% | 92% |
| 2009 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 90.16% | 90% | 93.51% |
| 2010 | Mathematics | End of course | % met std | 92% | 88% | 91% |
| 2006 | Science | End of course | % met std | 63% | 62% | 73% |
| 2007 | Science | End of course | % met std | 65.7% | 66% | 73.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 81% | 80% | 86% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 84.1% | 83.2% | 87.1% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 85% | 82% | 86% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | End of course | % met std | 88.12% | 84% | 87.24% |
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* Tucker High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.