Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center

Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center is one of the tiny secondary schools in Savannah, Georgia, part of Department of Juvenile Justice, with 25 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center sits 98% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 24 schools in Department of Juvenile Justice (410 students total), Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center records that Black students make up the majority at 72%; the rest comes out to 24% White, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.3:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Chatham County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,097, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Chatham County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gould Elementary School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center.

Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center's enrollment has rose 108% since 2018, when it stood at 12 (now 25). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 33% to 24%.

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