East Jackson Comprehensive High School

East Jackson Comprehensive High School is one of the moderately sized high schools in Commerce, Georgia, overseen by Jackson County, with 1,395 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. That puts it 25% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Jackson County comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 11,160 students; East Jackson Comprehensive High School is among them.

On demographics, East Jackson Comprehensive High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment; the rest consists of 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Jackson County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, East Jackson Comprehensive High School records 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), East Jackson Comprehensive High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 36.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Jackson County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,544 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. East Jackson Comprehensive High School is one of 20 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 17,354 students).

East Jackson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around East Jackson Comprehensive High School. On composite proficiency, East Jackson Comprehensive High School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 16%: 1,203 students in 2018 compared to 1,395 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 69% to 63%.

On the community side, members of the East Jackson Comprehensive High School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.