Milton High School - Alpharetta, Georgia/GA

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Milton High School

East Side Of Birmingham Hwy.,, Alpharetta, GA, 30004-1554 -

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Definition of Terms

Milton High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Fulton County, GA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1991 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

110 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 556 students

Grade 10 - 498 students

Grade 11 - 490 students

Grade 12 - 447 students

This School

(GA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(GA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	3%	2%
% Hispanic	4%	10%
% Black	6%	37%
% White	84%	46%
% Unknown	3 %	5%

Additional Student Information

This School

(GA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

45%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(GA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Fulton County School District

This School's Agency

(GA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	95	6
Number of Students Managed	81,665 students	3,472 students
District Total Revenue	$827,152,000	$29,999,000
District Expenditure	$819,896,000	$27,898,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,129	$8,709
District Expenditure / Student	$10,040	$7,955
District Graduation Rates	87%	74%

Milton High School is a high school in northeast Fulton County, Georgia. In 1921, the school was built in the suburban city of Alpharetta. At the time of its creation, the city was a farm town with little city influence, but it size grew rapidly over the coming years. Now the school has moved from its original location in downtown Alpharetta to a new foundation near the local middle school, Northwestern Middle School. The school's new campus is located in the newly incorporated City of Milton.
History: At the time of its creation, Milton High School taught students in grades 1 to 11. It had no central heating system or plumbing until the merger of Fulton County and Milton County in 1932. Then, the much more wealthy Fulton County began to improve the school's facilities. In the 1950s, the addition of an elementary school in the area (Alpharetta Elementary School) allowed Milton to shrink its size to teach grades 8 to 12. In the 1970s, economic and social transitions of the area allowed Milton High School to build a new cafeteria, library, and front office. As the 1990s came, Milton began to add new facilities to the school by adding the Milton High School Center for the Arts, a greenhouse, music and the health/physical education facilities.
Sport Achievements: Milton High School has excelled in most sports over the years and is the solid foundation of the school. The MHS Baseball Team has made it to playoffs for the past several years under the direction of Coach Greg Robinson where they also won the state championship in 2003. The basketball team made it to the second round of playoffs. Since its creation, the lacrosse team has known much success. For the past two years, the girls lacrosse team has won the state championship. The boys team lost in 2006 in the semifinals of the state tournament. Milton's Hockey team also won the state championship in 2006. The girls tennis team made it to the state tournament in 2006 and were ranked in the top ten. Although the football team has not seen as much success as the other sports at MHS, there is always a sell out crowd and enthusiasm is built from week to week before every game. The girls soccer team made it to the semi-finals in 2006, and the boys soccer team has made the 2004 playoffs.
Sports at Milton include: Lacrosse,Soccer, Football, Tennis, Cross Country, Track, Baseball, Volleyball, Ice Hockey, Cheerleading, and Wrestling.
Milton Cross Country: Milton Cross Country (nicknamed Milton XC) is an incredibly large team consisting of approximately 150 runners. Over the years the team has done well, consistently placing as runner-up in the region.
Clubs: Milton High School has dozens of clubs, its more prominent including: Student Council.
Bowling Club.
Campus Greens.
Debate Team.
Environmental Club.
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA).
Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA).
Future Educators of America.
Latin Club.
Math Team.
Mock Trial.
Philosopher's Society.
Students Optimizing Peace.
Young Democrats.
Young Republicans.
Students also can create their own clubs if they can find a sponsor (usually a teacher) and a preliminary list showing if there are enough people who want to join.
Band Program: Hard-working students, dedicated staff members, involved and active parents, and a supportive administration all combine to make it possible for the Milton High School Band program to offer an outstanding array of musical opportunities. They have won countless awards and exhibitioned and competed at national competitions, placing highly in many. Many students have questioned the administration's overwhelming level of support to the band compared to other activities, and many debates have since been brought to the table. A large on-going debate by the students exists at Milton High School over whether or not members of the marching band should receive lettermen jackets, a former honor at Milton that has since been undermined. It should also be noted that Milton's band, although earning several awards, is not widely appreciated by other students at Milton. Football players especially dislike the marching band, which many believe is due to the fact that their band does much better than the football team does. This has been a major point in the debate for letterjackets. If the band can't have them, why should the consistently LOSING football team get them?
Famous Alumni: Kyle Farnsworth, pitcher for the New York Yankees.
Traditions: Freshmen Friday - The first Friday of every school year is a day of revenge and fear. Upperclassmen scare freshmen at the school into thinking they will be taped to polls, given wedgies, or freshmen fished (in which a carrabiner is strapped to the loop in a backpack and a long piece of rope. As the person walks forward someone yanks the rope and the victim goes flying). The main cause of the madness is the upperclassmen's remembrance of their own freshmen Friday. In recent years however, the tradition is slowly coming to an end as administrators have upped the penalties for such actions.
Junior/Senior Wars- Each year the juniors battle the seniors in junior/senior wars. While not an event endorsed by the high school, juniors and seniors alike attempt to "roll" each other's houses from the last night of spring break to the eve of prom. The "war" usually lasts about 2 weeks and has been a long standing tradition at Milton. In recent years the school has taken a stance to crack down on the "war" and the Alpharetta Police Department has become very adamant about putting an end to it, both saying that it causes unneeded damage to private property and takes away from the learning experience at the school. The students still enjoy it very much though, and some are still brave enough to carry on this long standing tradition.
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About This Zip Code (30004)

School Zip (30004)

(GA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

41,345 people

7,714,340 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

54%

21%

Population Average Age

35 years old

33 years old

Average Household size

2.6 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$72,591

$44,678

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

6.5 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

14 years old

30 years old

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74% / 26%

66% / 34%

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The teachers at this school are either incredible or incredibly undedicated. I have had, in the past two years, one completely dedicated teacher who ...more