Whitewater High School (Georgia)

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Whitewater High School
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Whitewater High School (Georgia)
100 Wildcat Way

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30215

United States
Coordinates 33°22′38″N84°28′20″W / 33.377132°N 84.472141°W / 33.377132; -84.472141
Information
Type Public secondary school
Motto"Knowledge, Opportunity, and Success"
Established2003
School district Fayette County School System
PrincipalKrystin Hall
Teaching staff91.80 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9–12 [1]
Enrollment1,434 (2019-20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio15.62 [1]
CampusRural fringe [1]
Color(s)Cardinal red, silver and black    
Nickname Wildcats
AccreditationCognia [2]
YearbookVision
Website fcboe.org/whs

Whitewater High School is a public secondary school in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States. It serves grades 9-12 for the Fayette County School System.

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Academics

Whitewater has been accredited by Cognia, or its predecessors, since 2003. [2] 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

The demographic breakdown of the 1,428 students enrolled for 2018-19 was:

17.9% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch. [1]

Notable alumni

Fine Arts

Band

Whitewater 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.

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Cognia - Institution Summary". www.advanc-ed.org. Cognia. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  3. "Whitewater High School 2020 Ranking". usnews.com. U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  4. 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.