Discovery Regional High School

Discovery Regional High School is one of the very small secondary schools in Lenox, Georgia, run under State Specialty Schools I- Discovery Regional High School, with 136 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 88% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Discovery Regional High School is a school of State Specialty Schools I- Discovery Regional High School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Discovery Regional High School reports that 83% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% White, 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Discovery Regional High School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $53,651, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Cook County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,115 students), of which Discovery Regional High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Cook Primary School, around 8.2 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a low-density site.

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