Barrow high school students continue Math struggles

WBHS

Despite the weakness in Math, WBHS students did have largely strong results in 9th Grade Literature, American Literature, Biology and U.S. History.

WBHS students had a low 14.1 percent failure rate in 9th Grade Literature; better than they did in the last two EOCT testing periods. The school was in the top one-third of Georgia High Schools in that subject.

The school also had a low 8.4 percent failure rate in American Literature, again putting it in the top one-third of Georgia high schools.

In Biology, WBHS had a 24.1 percent failure rate, which was in the top third of state schools. But in Economics, the school fell to the middle tier with a 28.4 percent failure rate. That was an improvement over the Spring of 2010, but worse than last fall’s results.

In Physical Science, WBHS was also in the middle tier of schools with a 24.9 percent failure rate, about the same as the school’s previous two test taking efforts.

In U.S. History, WBHS was in the top one-third of state high schools with a 27.8 percent failure rate. While high, that was better than the school’s last two EOCT test efforts and compared to other state schools, was better than the average.

AHS

At AHS, students did well in American Literature, Economics and U.S. History, being in the top third of Georgia high schools in those areas.

Only 8.9 percent of students failed the EOCT for American Literature, a significant improvement over previous testing on that subject.

In Economics, AHS had a 20.3 percent failure rate last spring, about the same as the year before and within the top tier of state high schools.

In U.S. History, the school had a 26.6 percent failure rate, putting it in the top third category.

But AHS students struggled with Physical Science with a 30.9 percent failure rate; Biology with a 28.9 percent failure rate; and 9th Grade Literature at a 20.1 percent failure rate. The school fell into the middle tier of Georgia high schools in all three of those areas.