Effingham County High School

Effingham County High School operates as a high-enrollment high school in Springfield, Georgia, part of Effingham County. Current enrollment sits at 2,199 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 96% above typical.

Effingham County comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 14,560 students; Effingham County High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Effingham County High School shows that 58% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Effingham County High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.5%; this one delivers 49.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Effingham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,438 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Effingham County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,560 students), of which Effingham County High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Effingham County Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Effingham County High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Effingham County High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Effingham County High School has grew 21%, going from 1,812 students in 2018 to 2,199 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 58% across the same window.

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