Jefferson County High School (Georgia)
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|name = Jefferson County High School
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|streetaddress = 1157 Warrior Trail
|city = Louisville
|state = Georgia
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|zipcode = 30434
|country = US
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|district = Jefferson County School District
|principal = Alan Long
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|teaching_staff = 44.10 FTE{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1303060&ID=130306001291|title=Jefferson County High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=February 13, 2025}}
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|grades = 9-12
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|athletics = GHSA
|conference = 3B AA
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|motto = "JCHS is a fountain of knowledge - don't leave thirsty"{{cite web|title=About The School|url=http://jefferson.ga.jch.schoolinsites.com/?PageName='AboutTheSchool'|publisher=Jefferson County High School|accessdate=22 July 2011}}
|accreditation = Southern Association of Colleges and Schools{{cite web|title=International Registry for Accreditation|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=35051|publisher=AdvancED|accessdate=22 July 2011}}
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|mascot = Warrior
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|team_name = Warriors
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|yearbook = The Arrow{{cite web|title=School Publications|url=http://jefferson.ga.jch.schoolinsites.com/?PageName='SchoolPublications'|publisher=Jefferson County High School|accessdate=22 July 2011}}
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|feeders = Louisville Middle School
Wrens Middle School
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|free_text = (478) 625-9991
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|free_text1 = (478) 625-8988
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|homepage = [http://jefferson.ga.jch.schoolinsites.com/ Jefferson County High School]
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Jefferson County High School (JCHS) is a public high school located in Louisville, Georgia, United States. The school is part of the Jefferson County School District, which serves Jefferson County.{{cite web |url=http://www.school-stats.com/GA/JEFFERSON/JEFFERSON_COUNTY_HIGH_SCHOOL.html |title=school-stats.com |accessdate=2011-07-22}}
History
=Establishment=
In 1995 the two public high schools of Jefferson County, an administrative area including approximately 17,000 residents,{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popfinder/?fl=13163|title=2010 Demographic Profile - U.S. Census Bureau|first=Website Services & Coordination Staff|last=ASD|website=census.gov}} were closed and consolidated into a single new entity, Jefferson County High School.Shana Kemp, [http://www.nassp.org/Content.aspx?topic=56262 "2008 National High School Principal of the Year: Georgia Principal Named 2008 MetLife/NASSP National High School Principal of the Year,"] Reston, VA: [http://www.nassp.org/ National Association of Secondary School Principals], September 4, 2007 At the time of the new school's construction in Louisville, more than half of the county's residents did not have a high school education, and 70 percent of its high school graduates did not seek a college education.
The Jefferson County School District named Molly Howard as principal of the new school at the time of its formation. She and the school's staff set about improving the educational performance of the student body, posting impressive gains in achievement in state-mandated mathematics tests during the first decade of the 21st century, which led to Howard being selected as the 2008 National High School Principal of the Year by the National Association of Secondary School Principals.
=Demographics=
Jefferson County High School has slightly more than 1,000 students, of whom 79% are of non-European American ethnicity.{{cite web|url=http://www.leadered.com/pdf/jeffersonHS.pdf|title=Jefferson County High School, Louisville, Georgia |website=leadered.com |publisher=International Center for Leadership in Education}} About four out of five Jefferson County High School students are from families with income levels low enough to qualify for price-subsidized lunches.
Notable alumni
- Kydran Jenkins, college football defensive end and linebacker for the Purdue Boilermakers{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Sean |title=Georgia LB Kydran Jenkins details Purdue commitment |url=https://purdue.rivals.com/news/georgia-lb-kydran-jenkins-commits-to-purdue |website=Rivals.com |date=6 July 2019 |access-date=18 May 2024}}
References
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External links
- [http://jefferson.ga.jch.schoolinsites.com/ Jefferson County High School]
- [http://www.jefferson.k12.ga.us/ Jefferson County School District]
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Category:Schools in Jefferson County, Georgia
Category:Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state)
Category:Schools accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools