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DALTON HIGH SCHOOL
5-18-12
Volume 5 , Issue 4
 
US NEWS RANKS DHS 16TH IN GA

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GRADUATION

MAY 25

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BY THE NUMBERS
287 GRADUATES
65 HONOR GRADUATES
29 AP SCHOLARS
74 SCHOLAR ATHLETES
13 IB DIPLOMA CANDIDATES
162 DUAL SEAL GRADUATES
(College Prep/Career Tech)

Dalton High earns a Silver Badge in the recently released US News and World Report Best High School Rankings making the school in the top 3% of the nation.

Dalton High School is ranked 723rd nationally out of 22,000 schools. In the state of Georgia, DHS is ranked 16th among the 448 public, charter and magnet schools.

One factor used to determine the rankings was participation in the AP and IB programs. Another was the performance of minority and economically disadvantaged students.


Academic Indicators were used to determine the rankings:


National Rank                            #723


College Readiness Index            38.3


Math Proficiency                        3.5


English Proficiency                     3.5


Student/Teacher Ratio               14:1



For a complete breakdown of the criteria and data, log on to US News and World Report