Jenkins County High School students excelled on the Science portion of the Georgia High School Graduation Test, scoring a 95.5 percent pass rate which surpassed the state and RESA pass rates. Comparison charts for other subject areas appear on page 3. The 2009 scores of Jenkins County High School (JCHS) students taking the Georgia High School Graduation Tests (GHSGT) for the first time were comparable to state and Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) results.

Information released by the Georgia Department of Education reveals that JCHS students excelled on the Science part of the test scoring a 95.5 percent pass rate. This compares to an 87.9 percent pass rate for the state and an 84.6 percent rate for the RESA district.

On the English/Language Arts portion of the test, 85.6 percent of JCHS students passed. This compares to a 90 percent passing rate for the state and 86.9 percent for the RESA district.

On the Math portion of the test, 93.3 percent of JCHS students passed; 93.5 percent passed statewide; and 91 percent passed in RESA.

Local students scored lowest on the Social Studies section of the GHSGT with an 82 percent passing rate. Their scores, however, were still comparable to the 87.2 percent pass rate for the state and 82.6 percent for RESA.

Dr. Joey Kirkland, JCHS principal, commented, "JCHS continues to make great strides in academics as evident of our school meeting all academic indicators in Math and English on the Annual Yearly Progress report. Also, when compared to other schools in the CSRA area, our students are scoring higher on the GHSGT than most schools. We are especially proud of our science scores as we had 95.5 percent of students pass the test. In fact, our students outscored RESA by 10.9 points and the State by 7.6 points in science. Our teachers, students and parents are committed to academic excellence, and I am very proud of our accomplishments."