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Miseducation » Georgia » Wheeler County School District

Wheeler County High School

50 Snowhill Rd, Alamo, GA 30411 | (912) 568-7166 | School Website

497 Students | 34 Teachers

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School Composition
36% Black
6% Hispanic
58% White

Black

Hispanic

White

The Racial Divide

ProPublica has found that in schools across the country, Black and Hispanic students are, on average, less likely to be selected for gifted programs and take AP courses than their white peers. They are also more likely, on average, to be suspended and expelled. Explore if disparities exist at this school across all racial groups. The first scores shown below are for racial groups with the highest disparities.

Opportunity

4.4x 

White students are 4.4 times as likely to be enrolled in in the gifted and talented program as Black students.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students are 5.8 times as likely to be enrolled in in the gifted and talented program as White students.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White students enrolled in the gifted and talented program is not available.

Discipline

11.9x 

Black students are 11.9 times as likely to be suspended as White students.

A comparison between Hispanic students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian students and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between students of Two or More Races and White student suspensions is not available.

A comparison between Native American or Alaska Native students and White student suspensions is not available.

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Opportunity

Schools offer a variety of curricula and enrichment programs. Explore what advanced courses and specialized staff members are available for students at this school.


AP Course Composition
29% Black
71% White

Black

White


Gifted & Talented Composition
12% Black
84% White
3% Asian, Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian

Black

White

Asian

This School

District

State

Students

42% Nonwhite Students

School: 42%

District Avg: 43%

State Avg: 59%

0

100%

99%

Highest 10% in the district

Students Who Get Free/Reduced-Price Lunch

School: 99%

District Avg: 99%

State Avg: 62%

0

100%

80% - 89% High School Graduation Rate

School: 80% - 89%

District Avg: 80% - 89%

State Avg: 79%

0

100%

Not Available Students Enrolled in 8th-Grade Algebra

12% Students in a Gifted & Talented Program

58 students

School: 12%

District Avg: 7%

State Avg: 11%

0

100%

1% Students Taking an AP Course

7 students

School: 1%

District Avg: 0%

State Avg: 23%

0

100%

9%

Highest 10% in the district

Students Taking the SAT or ACT

44 students

School: 9%

District Avg: 0%

State Avg: 19%

0

100%

Not Available Students Enrolled in Physics

6% Students Enrolled in Advanced Math

28 students

School: 6%

District Avg: 0%

State Avg: 18%

0

100%

13% Students Enrolled in Geometry

66 students

School: 13%

District Avg: 0%

State Avg: 28%

0

100%

18% Students Enrolled in Biology

90 students

School: 18%

District Avg: 0%

State Avg: 34%

0

100%

15% Students Enrolled in Chemistry

75 students

School: 15%

District Avg: 25%

State Avg: 19%

0

100%

Not Available Students Enrolled in Calculus

Teachers & Resources

14.5 Students for Every Teacher

14.5

School

13.8

District Avg

15.7

State Avg

3% Inexperienced Teachers

School: 3%

District Avg: 4%

State Avg: 9%

0

100%

20% Chronically Absent Teachers

(Missed more than 10 days in a 180-day school year)

School: 20%

District Avg: 25%

State Avg: 31%

0

100%

1

Lowest 10% in the district

Total AP Courses

1

School

0

District Avg

12.7

State Avg

1.75 Social Workers, Psychologists & School Counselors

This is a decimal because of part-time workers.

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District

State

The students at this school have access to:

Credit Recovery Program

Dual Enrollment Program

Gifted & Talented Program

... but do not have access to:

International Baccalaureate

Discipline

Schools differ in how they discipline students. Explore how often this school punishes its students with suspensions, expulsions and corporal punishment.


Out-of-School Suspension Composition
88% Black
12% White

Black

White


Expulsion Composition
100% Black

Black

This School

District

State

Students

17 Total Out-of-School Suspended Students

3% of all students at this school

17

School

44

District Total

132.9K

State Total

74 Total In-School Suspended Students

15% of all students at this school

74

School

78

District Total

172.8K

State Total

2 Total Expelled Students

< 1% of all students at this school

2

School

2

District Total

8,592

State Total

23 Total Number of Students Who Received Corporal Punishment

23

School

51

District Total

6,245

State Total
Outcomes & Resources

55 Total Days Missed to Out-of-School Suspension

55

School

28

District Avg

272.3

State Avg

Not Available Average Number of Days of an Out-of-School Suspension

0

Lowest 10% in the district

Total Arrests

0

School

0

District Avg

1.7

State Avg

0

Lowest 10% in the district

Total Referrals to Law Enforcement

0

School

0

District Avg

2.9

State Avg

0

Lowest 10% in the district

Total Transfers to Alternative Schools

0

School

0

District Avg

2.9

State Avg

1 Total Security Guards & Law Enforcement Officers

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District

State

Sources & Notes

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, Stanford University's Center for Education Policy Analysis, EDFacts, U.S. Department of Education’s Common Core of Data. Maps courtesy of Mapbox Community. Read our methodology

Notes: The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights occasionally updates the underlying dataset. ProPublica may update the interactive’s data in response.

Disparity scores are not available if there are too few students in a specific racial group to make a statistically significant calculation. They are also not available if data about a particular racial group was not reported. Some schools or districts reported an overcount of students in a disparity category (such as suspensions or AP courses) when compared with the total enrollment of that particular student group. In such cases, we also omit the disparity score.

Due to rounding, demographic breakdowns in composition charts may add up to more than 100 percent.

The racial categories we show data for are: Black, Hispanic, White, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian, Two or More Races, and Native American or Alaska Native. In some cases, we abbreviate the last three of these racial groups to Asian, Two+ Races, and Native Am.

Due to a technical issue with the Office for Civil Rights’ collection of data on sworn law enforcement officers in schools, the data for security staff may be an undercount.

As with any self-reported data, there may be errors in the federal Civil Rights Data Collection. Though districts are required to ensure the accuracy of their data, some may still report incorrect figures. Additionally, for some variables, the CRDC rounds the number of students for privacy reasons. In these cases, groups of students may represent a slight undercount or overcount.

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