Groves High School

Groves High School is one of the average-sized senior highs in Garden City, Georgia, overseen by Savannah-Chatham County, with 1,469 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 31% bigger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Across the 58 schools in Savannah-Chatham County (36,355 students total), Groves High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Groves High School shows that 60% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 25% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 75% 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), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Groves High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.5%; actual is 13.7%, a gap of -24.8 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Chatham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,097 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Groves High School is one of 60 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students).

The closest other public school is Mercer Middle School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Groves High School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Groves High School has climbed 124%, going from 656 students in 2018 to 1,469 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 71% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Groves High School community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.