Dawson County High School (Dawsonville, Georgia)


Dawson County High School is a public high school in Dawsonville, Georgia, United States. It is the only high school in Dawsonville.
It enrolls 1,087 students. In the 2017–2018 school year, the school began serving only grades 10–12, with grade 9 moving to the Dawson County Middle School.
DCHS students and staff moved into the present facility in December 1997. Health and medical instructional facilities in addition to 12 classrooms were added in August 2004.
The principal is Brody Hughes. The school employs a full-time school nurse and a School Resource Officer. More than 60 percent of the school's staff holds a master's degree or higher. Currently there are over 70 certified personnel on staff at DCHS.
The school's teams compete as the Tigers. Sports at Dawson County High include softball, football, JROTC Raiders, and basketball.
The school also has a Fine Arts program, including Band, Drama, Chorus and Art classes. Extracurricular programs within these classes include the Dawson County Tiger Pride Marching Band and the Chamber Singers.