Portal Middle/high School
27245 Highway 80 West, Portal, GA, 30450-0217 -  Map
School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Portal Middle/high School
Grades Offered Grades 6 - 12
County Bulloch County, GA
Students & Faculty
Total Students 428 students
% Male / % Female 52%  /  48%
Total Classroom Teachers 36 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 6 - 58 students
Grade 7 - 68 students
Grade 8 - 50 students
Grade 9 - 92 students
Grade 10 - 46 students
Grade 11 - 62 students
Grade 12 - 52 students
This School
(GA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:12 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(GA) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian n/a 1%
% Hispanic 2% 4%
% Black 36% 51%
% White 61% 40%
% Unknown 1 % 4%
Additional Student Information
This School
(GA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 53% 44%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 10% 9%
% Migrant Students Enrolled 2% 1%
School Performance:
(GA) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Bulloch County School District
This School's Agency
(GA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 19 7
Number of Students Managed 8,726 students 4,296 students
District Total Revenue $83,820,000 $34,081,000
District Expenditure $74,038,000 $34,390,000
District Revenue / Student $9,606 $7,933
District Expenditure / Student $8,485 $8,005
In the News:
  • Mary Henley: Super assistant (Statesboro Herald)
    posted on June 24, 2009 at 02:02:12 am
        Mary Henley is pure Bulloch County. She was born here, went to school at Sallie Zetterower, Julia P. Bryant, William James, and then graduated from the old Statesboro High School. Her father, Donald Hackett, was the long-time dean of the Technology School at Georgia Southern.
  • Portal’s new sewer system progresses (Statesboro Herald)
    posted on June 5, 2009 at 01:59:55 am
        Utility crews were busy Thursday morning taking down trees and preparing to install sewer lines along Portal's Main Street as the city's first phase of new sewer construction progresses.
  • Changes aim to help vocational ed (Statesboro Herald)
    posted on May 22, 2009 at 10:29:46 pm
         For many years the Bulloch County public school system has had a Vocational Education Division aimed at helping high school students who do not do well in a "normal" classroom environment.
  • Portal to honor two teachers (Statesboro Herald)
    posted on May 20, 2009 at 12:44:46 am
        Portal’s Franklin Coleman Memorial Field dedication is set for 11 a.m. Saturday at the high school baseball field.  
  • Portal Middle/High loves ‘Miss Hattie’ (Statesboro Herald)
    posted on May 18, 2009 at 11:48:30 pm
        Everyone at Portal Middle/High School knows “Miss Hattie.”     Hattie Mae Glover has lived in Portal since she was 5 years old. She has always wanted to work at the school. She said she tried to get a job at Portal for 13 years when then-principal Joanne Rathcliff hired her as a paraprofessional to the special needs children in 1992.     Seventeen years later, she’s still there, working with ...
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (30450)
School Zip (30450)
(GA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 2,829 people 7,714,340 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 15% 21%
Population Average Age 32 years old 33 years old
Average Household size 2.8 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $29,083 $44,678
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 5.4 rooms 5.6 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 33 years old 30 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 82% / 18% 66% / 34%
School Map:
1. Portal Elementary School - 411 students - 0.1 mi. away - view location
2. William James Middle School - 493 students - 7.6 mi. away - view location
3. Alternative School - n/a - 7.9 mi. away - view location
4. Bulloch County Educational Opportunities Program - n/a - 9.5 mi. away - view location
5. Cedarwood Psychoeducational Program - n/a - 9.5 mi. away - view location
View all schools in: Portal, Bulloch County, Zip 30450 
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Note: Data has been gathered from several government and commercial data sources. School data reflects 2006 statistics (most recent year available).


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