Chattooga High School

Located at 989 Highway 114, in Summerville, Georgia, Chattooga High School is a close-knit high school that caters to 775 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Chattooga County. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Chattooga County comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,676 students; Chattooga High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Chattooga High School logs that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 9% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Chattooga High School has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Chattooga High School higher than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chattooga High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -2.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Chattooga County shows median household income runs about $50,285, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Chattooga County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,917 students), of which Chattooga High School is one.

Summerville Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chattooga High School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.0%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chattooga High School has rose 4%, going from 746 students in 2018 to 775 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 77% across the same window.

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