Wilkinson County High School is just as good as any other public school. There are pros and cons in any organization. Many students have transferred to Wilco for various reasons not only for sports. Anytime a school has a successful athletic program it seems to get poor ratings. Wilkinson Co just
... Read more happens to be basketball country is there anything wrong with success. The graduation rate has been remarkable in the last few years. We have some teachers that arent as committed as others but that is worldwide. We also have some parents that arent as committed to their children as others. So lets enjoy the success that we have had over the last forty years. We need something to cheer about. Send your children to Wilco to enjoy small town feel. It will be an experience they will never forget. It is up to the individual afterwards. Read less
Posted by a parent on 12/06/08
I went to wilkinson county ever since I started school. Pre-k through 10. I have unenrolled because I feel that I will get a much better education on my own than with this school. I plan to further my education but not because of this school. It really all went down hill will Harold Johnson became Principle.
... Read more I mean he can't even get the mission statement right. Some of the teachers are great but others are horrible. There is a teacher that if you do not understand what she is 'teaching', or telling rather, you are out of luck. The point of a teacher is to teach not to expect your students to know the answers. I feel sports is the problem. They spent several million on a gymnasium, yet they didn't get teachers the supplies they needed till 1 month untill the end of the school year of 2007-2008. Read less
Posted by a parent on 07/19/08
I attended this school for 2 yrs and had a great time. There was minimal drugs, fights, and racism. Great teachers, principal, and counselor also.
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Posted by a student on 04/01/08
I think this is a great school, yeah we focus alot on basketball, but we also have the highest grad. Rate in middle georgia. Not only are we good on the courts, we are just as good in the classrooms.
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Posted by a student on 10/09/07
This is the worst school that I have ever attended. The leadership only focuses on basketball as you can well see be the other comments. To make a clear evaluation of the school, just look at the grammar of the students who have made the comments. This school lacks the knowledge, as well as the drive
... Read more to teach students how to succeed. They do not teach the students to create values for themselves and live by them. People are being catered to because of their circumstance rather than the achievements being made. Most people who graduated from Wilco and achieved something in life was not in because of the poor schooling that they were given. This school should be closed! Read less
Posted by a former student on 02/27/07
This isn't the best school around, but I liked it. I graduated fourth in my class, as an Honor's Graduate, so the teachers I had knew what they were doing, for the most part. If you look the test scores, they are great. The 8 graders tested higher than the whole state in every section. Go Middle School
... Read more teachers. I do think that the High School needs some work,at least since the last time I was there. A few of the teachers have become afraid of their students, and let them do what they want. I believe the school is improving though. I wont comment on the sports teams, because I wasn't into that part of school very much. Read less
Posted by a former student on 01/28/07
Well personally I think that every school has problems. Mostly cause we got parents who really don't know what's going on and are just going by what people say. Yeah I played basketball and what we do get it comes from programs that we do on our on or people who sponsor us. We can't help it if the other
... Read more sports don't do well. I only played one sport because that's really all I could handle and plus I felt that the other sports don't have the same work ethic as the basketball team. Read less
Posted by a former student on 02/12/06
This school needs help. You go looking for the principal and he is no where to be found. All they care about is basketball, basketball, basketball. I don't blame folks for putting their kids in private schools.
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Posted by a staff on 01/09/06
On a scale of 1 to 10, I think Wilco High is a 6. It needs a lot of improvement on an academic level. The school needs more tutoring programs available to these children. I think that the school system is unfair to the kids who play sports other than basketball. Basketball is this school's #1 priority
... Read more not academics. But it has yet to produce an NBA player. If you do not play basketball, your child's athletic stats will not be taken seriously nor recorded on a regular basis. Scouting for athletic scholarships is very miminal if you do not play basketball. This is why these kids get discouraged and often do not play the other sports. Read less
Posted by a former student on 08/04/05
I love this school! I am a Senior at Wilkinson County High School. The teachers are very active in their students lives. The counselors are also very essential in the school because they have personally helped me to become a Freshman at Macon state College. I am also an Honor Graduate , and i am very
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* In 2007-2008 Georgia administered the Georgia High School Graduation Test (GHSGT) in English language arts, math, science and social studies to students in grade 11. The GHSGT is a standards-based assessment, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined by the state of Georgia. Students must pass all parts of the GHSGT in order to graduate from high school. The goal is for all students to pass the test.
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437
Students per teacher:
24
Full-time teachers:
18
Number of classrooms:
30
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Irwinton schools — Wilkinson County High School is located at 11481 Hwy 57, Irwinton GA 31042. 11481 Hwy 57 is in the 31042 ZIP code in Irwinton, GA The school district for Wilkinson County High School is the Wilkinson County School District. Wilkinson County High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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