School Profile

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School Profile for SCHS, Class of 2027

About
Sandy Creek High School is located in the heart of Tyrone, Georgia. Tyrone is a family-oriented community located 15 minutes south of HartsfieldJackson International Airport in Atlanta. Sandy Creek is in the Fayette County Public School System, which consists of five high schools, five middle schools, and fifteen elementary schools.

Tosha Oliver, Principal
360 Jenkins Road, Tyrone, Georgia 30290
770-969-2840
https://www.fcboe.org/schs

SCHS is a four-year comprehensive high school with an enrollment of 1,150 students in grades nine through twelve. The school opened in the 1991- 92 school year and has received numerous awards including: 

• The International Baccalaureate (IB) Program began at SCHS in 2018 with its first graduating class in May 2022.
• The IB Diploma Programme at SCHS is a two-year pre-university rigorous international curriculum for students entering the 11th grade. Students can either be IB Course Candidates or IB Full Diploma Students.
• 2025 U.S. News and World Report Best Public High School Ranked Top 100 best high schools in Georgia
• State recognized Advanced Placement Honor School: Silver Status
• International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
• Nationally competitive CTSO programs
• Fayette County Schools graduation rate is 3rd highest in Metro Atlanta, 7th in Georgia
• LGPE Superior Ratings of Chorus, Orchestra, and Band programs
• 2023 1st place Winter Guard Regional Champions
• 2023 “Exceed” Ratings in AFJROTC Inspection
• 2022 & 2025 3A State Football Champions
• 2023, 2024, & 2025 Boys State Track Champions
• 2024 Girls State Track Champions
• 2023, 2024, & 2025 Boys Basketball 3A State Champions

The Curriculum
The school year is divided into two semesters each having two nine-week grading periods. Each school day consists of 7 periods, 50 minutes in length, with a one period opt-out for seniors with a weighted GPA of 3. 0 or higher. Each semester course passed receives one-half (.5) Carnegie unit of credit. Click here for more information on graduation requirements. 

Class of 2026 Statistics
Graduating Students 255
Honor Graduates 80
Zell Miller Scholarship Eligible 14
HOPE Scholarship Eligible 107
Attending Four-year colleges 60%
Attending Two-year colleges 20%
Military Enlistment/work/other 6%

AP Courses
AP courses are requested and assigned during the prior school year. All AP students are required to take AP exams in May. Students are able to take up to 2 AP courses as a freshman, up to 3 as a sophomore, and 3 or more as juniors and seniors. The 2026-27 school will be the final year of the International Baccalaureate program.

• Biology Calculus
• AB and BC Chemistry
• English Language
• English Literature
• Environmental Science
• Government & Politics
• Human Geography
• Macroeconomics
• Physics 1
• Psychology
• Spanish
• Statistics
• U.S. History
• World History

2026 Advanced Placement Statistics

Students who took AP exams: 424
AP Scholars with Honors: 14
Student AP exams administered: 747
AP Scholars with Distinction: 34
Percentage of students scoring => 3 on AP exams: 65%
AP Scholars: 61
AP Scholars with Honors: 14
AP Scholars with Distinction: 34

Class of 2026 SAT/ACT Scores 

Class of 2026 SAT Scores	Comp	Read	Math
National	1088	541	538
Georgia	1055	535	521
Sandy Creek	1087	551	535

 

Class of 2026 ACT Scores	Eng	Math	Read	Sci.	Comp
National	19.9	20.2	21.2	20.6	21
Georgia	21	20.8	22.5	21.5	21.6
Sandy Creek	20.4	21.4	23.7	24.4	21.8