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Whitewater High School is a public secondary school in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States. It serves grades 9-12 for the Fayette County School System.
| Whitewater High School | |
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| Address | |
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100 Wildcat Way , 30215 United States | |
| Coordinates | 33°22′38″N 84°28′20″W / 33.377132°N 84.472141°W |
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| Type | Public secondary school |
| Motto | "Knowledge, Opportunity, and Success" |
| Established | 2003 |
| School district | Fayette County School System |
| Principal | Krystin Hall |
| Teaching staff | 89.60 (on an FTE basis)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12[2] |
| Enrollment | 1,387 (2022-23)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.48[2] |
| Campus | Rural fringe[2] |
| Color(s) | Cardinal red, silver and black |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
| Accreditation | Cognia[1] |
| Yearbook | Vision |
| Website | fcboe.org/whs |
Academics
editWhitewater has been accredited by Cognia, or its predecessors, since 2003.[1] The school was ranked 1,758th nationally, 42nd for Georgia and 3rd for Fayette County in the 2020 U.S. News & World Report's annual ranking of high schools.[3]
Demographics
editThe demographic breakdown of the 1,428 students enrolled for 2018-19 was:
- Male - 50.8%
- Female - 49.2%
- Native American/Alaskan - >0.1%
- Asian - 3.4%
- Black - 20.3%
- Hispanic - 8.1%
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific islanders - 0.1%
- White - 62.6%
- Multiracial - 5.5%
17.9% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch.[2]
Notable alumni
editFine Arts
editBand
editWhitewater High School features four performing ensembles that include a jazz band, a concert band, a symphonic band, and a wind ensemble. Concert, Symphonic, and Wind Ensembles all consecutively earn superior ratings at the GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE) each year. The Whitewater Marching Band also consistently places top spots in various marching competitions in the region, with them currently being the Grand Champion of the Lafayette Marching Classic for the second year in a row.
References
edit- ^ a b "Cognia - Institution Summary". www.advanc-ed.org. Cognia. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Whitewater High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
- ^ "Whitewater High School 2020 Ranking". usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Goodbread, Chase (February 12, 2020). "Super sleeper: D-II safety Kyle Dugger squarely on NFL's radar". NFL.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2019. Retrieved April 26, 2020.