Starr's Mill High School
| Starr's Mill High School | |
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193 Panther Path Fayetteville, Georgia United States |
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| Coordinates | 33°20′32″N 84°31′03″W / 33.342091°N 84.517576°WCoordinates: 33°20′32″N 84°31′03″W / 33.342091°N 84.517576°W |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1997 |
| School district | Fayette County Public Schools |
| Principal | Allen Leonard |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,493 |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Black and Columbia blue |
| Mascot | Panthers |
| Website | Starr’s Mill High School |
Starr's Mill High School is a "2005 Georgia School of Excellence" school located in unincorporated Fayette County, Georgia, United States. The school is governed by the Fayette County Board of Education.
The school serves southern Peachtree City and parts of unincorporated Fayette County.
The Fayette County Board of Education commissioned Starr's Mill High School alongside Peeples Elementary School and Rising Starr Middle School in response to rapid population growth in southern Peachtree City. Before its permanent building was constructed, students attended the LaFayette Education Center in Fayetteville until the start of the 97-1998 school year. The school is named after a grist mill located a mile southeast of the campus.
Starr's Mill High School opened in 1997-1998 with 40 teachers and 650 students. Its current enrollment is 1,493 students, and it employs 88 teachers.
5% of Starr's Mill minority students participate in the ESOL Program, and 100% of minority students receive free/reduced price lunches. Most SMHS students reside in Fayetteville and Peachtree City.
Starr's Mill is one of only three high schools in Georgia to be declared a School of Excellence in 2005, and it has been ranked as one of the best school public schools in America by Newsweek magazine.
The 2010 SAT average at Starr's Mill was 1632 (out of 2400).
Starr's Mill High School has had ten state championships in less than eight years, five of which came from the soccer program. It has been ranked the fifth most successful athletic program in the state (GHSA Directors Cup Standing).
The football program has a renowned history, reaching the playoffs 11 times in the school's 18 years of existence. In 2000, the team reached the state semi-finals despite only having had a varsity football team for three seasons. The team's most successful season was in 2010, when the team won their first 14 games before falling to Chattahoochee in the state championship.
The Starr's Mill men's baseball program has seen a few notable alumni including: Drew 'Guttaz' Johnson who went onto play division one baseball at GA Southern University where he earned the nickname of the southern slingga. Drew's father, Dennis Johnson, was an essential element of Starr's Mill's baseball program. His talents on the grill were unmatched throughout the southeast region. Drew finished with a B.S degree in GATA and continues to get after that as* to this day.
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