Foothills Regional High School

Foothills Regional High School is a public medium-sized high school in Athens, Georgia. A federal count lists 1,475 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Georgia) has about 1,120 students.

The local education agency for Foothills Regional High School is State Specialty Schools I- Foothills Regional High School.

At Foothills Regional High School, the largest share of students is Black, at 40%. The school is also 39% White, 14% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 26% Black share among all Clarke County residents. The school's diversity index is 67%, meaning two students picked at random have a 67% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

Its 28.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 51.6:1. This ratio sits 36.4 above the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 73%. The 91% average for public schools in Clarke County is 18 points higher.

According to the American Community Survey, in Clarke County, the median household income is $53,625, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Foothills Regional High School is one of 22 public schools in the county.

Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Foothills Regional High School holds at least 8 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Compared with 2020-21, the school had 727 fewer students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 91.8:1 to 51.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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