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Berrien High School
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are up about 8 points since 2021.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Berrien High School
Berrien High School is a small 9-12 campus in Nashville, Georgia, part of Berrien County. The school works with 850 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 24% leaner than the state mean of about 1,120.
Berrien High School is one of 5 schools operated by Berrien County, a district that works with 3,061 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Berrien High School logs that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school employs 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Berrien County's rate of about 94%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Berrien High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.3%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of +12.9 points.
Across the wider county, Berrien County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,876, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Berrien County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,061 students), Berrien High School is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Berrien Primary School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Berrien High School at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 47.6%.
Berrien High School operates from a town-center location.
Five-year trend. Berrien High School's enrollment has increased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 796 (now 850). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 75% to 70%.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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- Berrien Primary SchoolElementary · 785 students
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- Berrien Primary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Berrien Elementary SchoolElementary · 692 students
- Berrien Middle SchoolMiddle · 673 students
- Berrien Academy Performance Learning CenterHigh · 61 students
- Berrien Primary School1.1 mi · 785
- Berrien Middle School1.1 mi · 673
- Berrien Elementary School1.2 mi · 692
- Berrien Academy Performance Learning Center2.1 mi · 61
- Cook High School10.1 mi · 895
- Cook Primary School10.3 mi · 778