Clarke Central High School

Clarke Central High School, a sprawling four-year high school in Athens, Georgia, run under Clarke County, serves 1,907 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Clarke Central High School sits 70% larger than that benchmark.

Clarke County runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 12,275 students. Clarke Central High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Clarke Central High School shows that the largest single group is Black at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 26% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Clarke County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Clarke Central High School logs 120 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Clarke Central High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.0%.

In the area at large, Clarke County reports that the typical household earns roughly $53,625 per year, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clarke Central High School is one of 22 public schools in Clarke County (combined enrollment of about 13,750 students).

The closest other public school is Classic City High School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clarke Central High School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.

Clarke Central High School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Clarke Central High School has climbed 13%, going from 1,690 students in 2018 to 1,907 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 46% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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