Commerce High School

Commerce High School operates as a low-enrollment senior high in Commerce, Georgia, overseen by Commerce City. Current enrollment sits at 557 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 50% leaner than typical.

Commerce City runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,900 students. Commerce High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Commerce High School logs that White students make up the majority at 64%. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting Commerce High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Commerce High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 50.5%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,544, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Commerce High School is one of 20 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 17,354 students).

Commerce Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Commerce High School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 45.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Commerce High School's enrollment has ticked up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 557). Hispanic enrollment moved from 12% to 19% across the same window.

On the community side, members of the Commerce High School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.