Peach County High School

Summary:

Peach County High School is a public high school in Fort Valley, Georgia, serving 1,107 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Peach County School District, which is ranked 167 out of 203 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Peach County High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Georgia high schools, ranging from 291st to 341st out of 429-458 schools in the past 5 years. The school's four-year graduation rate has fluctuated between 81.3% and 87.6%, lower than the state average. Proficiency rates on the Georgia Milestones assessments are significantly lower than state averages across all subject areas, ranging from 12.2% to 34.6% over the past 3 years. The school has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 75.1% to 82.02% over the past 3 years.

Nearby schools in the Houston County and Bibb County districts generally outperform Peach County High School in terms of statewide ranking, graduation rates, and test scores. For example, Veterans High School and Houston County High School have significantly higher proficiency rates and graduation rates compared to Peach County High School. The school's performance has declined over the past 5 years, and its high poverty rate may be a contributing factor to its overall low performance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 3665 Peachparkway
       Fort Valley, GA  31030


(478) 825-8258

District: Peach County

SchoolDigger Rank:
341st of 458 Georgia High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,411 Help


Feeder schools for Peach County High School:

Elementary:    Byron Elementary School
    Hunt Elementary School
    Kay Road Elementary
Middle:    Byron Middle School
    Fort Valley Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.4 Help
Number of students:  1,107

Racial breakdown:

African American:
49.8%
White:
28.9%
Hispanic:
18.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  82% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Peach County High School ranks worse than 74.5% of high schools in Georgia. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.2. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Peach County High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Peach County High School is $9,411.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Peach County High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Peach County High School 341st of 458 Georgia public high schools. (See Peach County High School in the ranking list.)

Peach County:

SchoolDigger ranks Peach County 167th of 203 Georgia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Peach County High School

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Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools GA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 31.44 260th 335 22.4%
2007 40.88 237th 358 33.8%
2008 27.93 303rd 370 18.1%
2009 33.36 287th 372 22.8%
2010 38.53 269th 384 29.9%
2011 25.31 342nd 402 14.9%
2012 33.87 291st 396 26.5%
2013 30.22 330th 425 22.4%
2014 27.79 344th 425 19.1%
2015 36.65 252nd 435 42.1%
2016 56.50 122nd 426 71.4%
2017 48.80 153rd 420 63.6%
2018 41.77 207th 428 51.6%
2019 23.45 327th 438 25.3%
2021 22.68 319th 410 22.2%
2022 26.95 291st 429 32.2%
2023 21.57 335th 442 24.2%
2024 22.20 341st 458 25.5%
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Data source: test scores: Georgia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Georgia Department of Education

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by a citizen
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Open Quote As a former student, I can speak from personal experience about this school. As the other review has stated, this school system is more concerned about their football team than anything else in the school. So many excuses are made up for the players who do poorly in classes (I've heard plenty of players brag about it) that it's pathetic. The incompetent teachers outnumber competent teachers by miles. Off the top of my head, I can only name about 10 teachers that I had in all of my four years as teachers who truly cared about their students successes and what they learned. Most of my teachers couldn't teach or didn't teach at all. I had teachers who would tell you what pages to look at and do whatever work they assigned, but classes like math were not taught. They just assumed you could teach yourself. Students ended up teaching other students in the class, but then if we failed our EOCTs or any other tests, the teachers would lecture us about how they work too hard for students who don't care about their grades or their future. Many students have reported teachers, but they go unanswered. Some teachers treated their classes like parties. I'm in my fourth year of college and I can tell you now that Peach County had me nowhere near the level I needed to be in during my first year. I had to take remedial math twice in my first year. I had to get four tutors for four different subjects and still managed to drop from a 3.8 GPA in PCHS to a 1.80 GPA in college. I worked my butt off at PCHS to try and learn my material for homework that was almost never graded, lessons hardly taught unless you had the right teacher, and most of the time, the better teachers belonged to all gifted/AP students. If you weren't gifted, tough luck. If you made it into AP, you had your work cut out for you, but both of my AP teachers helped me in every possible way that they could and if I could thank them for their hard work right now, I would. I am totally angry at this school because as hard as I worked to be prepared for college, I almost flunked out my first year and had to relearn everything they should have taught me in the first place. It's pathetic when your professors literally tell you how sorry they are for you getting such a bad education. On top of their poor education, they have the worst support system if you're a student who gets bullied. Only three people on staff supported me and it had to take a death threat against me for it to reach the principal's attention.

If you are a parent and you are reading this, do not send your children here. It's not worth it! Close Quote


by a citizen
Saturday, August 21, 2010

Open Quote The leaders are more concerned about athletics and make excuses for academic failures. Bizarre attitude. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Peach County High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1016 1016
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 1039 1039
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1088 1088
1993 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1140 1140
1994 532 644 2 14 1 n/a n/a 0 1193
1995 480 700 3 17 1 n/a n/a 0 1201
1996 480 700 3 17 1 n/a n/a 0 1201
1997 480 708 3 32 3 n/a n/a 0 1226
1998 471 683 1 35 3 n/a n/a 0 1193
1999 492 701 1 36 3 n/a n/a 0 1233
2000 497 681 1 35 4 n/a n/a 0 1218
2001 468 712 3 44 1 n/a n/a 0 1228
2002 429 608 5 66 1 n/a n/a 0 1109
2003 429 608 5 66 1 n/a n/a 0 1109
2004 402 622 6 75 1 n/a n/a 0 1106
2005 437 637 8 82 1 n/a n/a 7 1172
2006 437 710 9 99 1 n/a n/a 14 1270
2007 429 736 10 91 0 n/a n/a 17 1283
2008 403 697 10 94 1 n/a n/a 15 1220
2009 377 636 8 95 2 n/a n/a 15 1133
2010 374 598 4 112 13 1 31 0 1133
2011 368 596 5 122 8 0 26 0 1125
2012 343 563 4 118 8 0 25 0 1061
2013 323 535 4 122 5 0 22 0 1011
2014 321 541 5 133 2 0 23 0 1025
2015 301 523 6 129 1 0 21 0 981
2016 282 518 7 149 1 0 28 0 985
2017 282 536 6 154 1 0 28 0 1007
2018 266 506 10 156 4 0 28 0 970
2019 255 485 6 161 5 0 28 0 940
2020 269 494 7 155 4 0 29 0 958
2021 266 508 4 170 3 0 33 0 984
2022 295 542 5 175 1 0 27 0 1045
2023 320 551 1 200 3 0 32 0 1107

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Peach County High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1016 64.0 15.8 24.9
1991 1039 65.0 15.9 26
1992 1088 64.0 17.0 30.3
1993 1140 58.0 19.7 38.4
1994 1193 66.8 17.9 41.1
1995 1201 70.3 17.1 44.4
1996 1201 70.3 17.1 44.4
1997 1226 75.5 16.2 49.8
1998 1193 67.3 17.7 48.4
1999 1233 67.3 18.3 49.6
2000 1218 71.3 17.1 45
2001 1228 71.3 17.2 49.8
2002 1109 73.5 15.1 56.7
2003 1109 73.5 15.1 56.7
2004 1106 70.9 15.6 61.1
2005 1172 73.6 15.9 60.8
2006 1270 69.5 18.3 65.2
2007 1283 74.5 17.2 66.4
2008 1220 78.6 15.5 67.7
2009 1133 77.0 14.7 65.9
2010 1133 82.0 13.8 65.2
2011 1125 76.5 14.7 66
2012 1061 78.0 13.6 72.1
2013 1011 56.9 17.7 71
2014 1025 58.1 17.6 61.8
2015 981 56.0 17.5 70
2016 985 57.0 17.2 87.5
2017 1007 60.8 16.5 87.6
2018 970 60.2 16.1 87.6
2019 940 60.0 15.6 87.6
2020 958 56.8 16.8 75.2
2021 984 59.0 16.6 75.1
2022 1045 64.4 16.2 n/a
2023 1107 67.5 16.4 82

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Peach County High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1016 64.0 15.8 24.9
1991 1039 65.0 15.9 26
1992 1088 64.0 17.0 30.3
1993 1140 58.0 19.7 38.4
1994 1193 66.8 17.9 41.1
1995 1201 70.3 17.1 44.4
1996 1201 70.3 17.1 44.4
1997 1226 75.5 16.2 49.8
1998 1193 67.3 17.7 48.4
1999 1233 67.3 18.3 49.6
2000 1218 71.3 17.1 45
2001 1228 71.3 17.2 49.8
2002 1109 73.5 15.1 56.7
2003 1109 73.5 15.1 56.7
2004 1106 70.9 15.6 61.1
2005 1172 73.6 15.9 60.8
2006 1270 69.5 18.3 65.2
2007 1283 74.5 17.2 66.4
2008 1220 78.6 15.5 67.7
2009 1133 77.0 14.7 65.9
2010 1133 82.0 13.8 65.2
2011 1125 76.5 14.7 66
2012 1061 78.0 13.6 72.1
2013 1011 56.9 17.7 71
2014 1025 58.1 17.6 61.8
2015 981 56.0 17.5 70
2016 985 57.0 17.2 87.5
2017 1007 60.8 16.5 87.6
2018 970 60.2 16.1 87.6
2019 940 60.0 15.6 87.6
2020 958 56.8 16.8 75.2
2021 984 59.0 16.6 75.1
2022 1045 64.4 16.2 n/a
2023 1107 67.5 16.4 82

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Peach County High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2017 $753 (9.4%) $7,257 (90.6%) $8,010
2018 $770 (8.5%) $8,271 (91.5%) $9,040
2019 $637 (6.8%) $8,774 (93.2%) $9,411

Data source: Georgia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Peach County High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 327th of 438 High schoolsRanks 335th of 442 High schools
 1.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course American Literature and Composition (Peach County High School)18.920.8
 1.9%
   End of Course American Literature and Composition (Peach County)18.920.8
 1.9%
   End of Course American Literature and Composition (Georgia)47.338.9
 8.4%
End of Course Algebra I (Peach County High School)16.84.4
 12.4%
   End of Course Algebra I (Peach County)34.98.6
 26.3%
   End of Course Algebra I (Georgia)41.135.8
 5.3%
End of Course Biology (Peach County High School)34.529.3
 5.2%
   End of Course Biology (Peach County)34.529.3
 5.2%
   End of Course Biology (Georgia)4945.5
 3.5%
End of Course United States History (Peach County High School)1914.3
 4.7%
   End of Course United States History (Peach County)1914.3
 4.7%
   End of Course United States History (Georgia)48.337.1
 11.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students9401107
 17.8%
African American485551
 13.6%
American Indian53
 40%
Asian61
 83.3%
Hispanic161200
 24.2%
Pacific Islander00
White255320
 25.5%
Two or More Races2832
 14.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients87.6%82%
 5.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Peach County High School

Peach County High School ranks 341st of 458 Georgia high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Peach County High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Byron Elementary School
Elementary : Hunt Elementary School
Elementary : Kay Road Elementary
Middle : Byron Middle School
Middle : Fort Valley Middle School

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,107 students attended Peach County High School.

Students at Peach County High School are 50% African American, 29% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Georgia Department of Education.

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