Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center

Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center is a small high school with its address in Savannah, Georgia. Classes run from 5 through 12, and the school has 25 students. Against the 1,120-student average for high schools in Georgia, enrollment here is 98% lower.

The 24 schools in Department of Juvenile Justice enroll 410 students altogether, Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center among them.

Black students account for 72% of enrollment at Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center. The remaining students are 24% White and 4% Hispanic. Census figures show Chatham County is about 39% Black.

Staffing totals 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 6.3:1. For comparison, high schools in Georgia average 15.2:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 72%. That is close to the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County.

According to the American Community Survey, in Chatham County, median household income is about $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center is one of 60 public schools in Chatham County, which together enroll about 36,380 students.

Gould Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.

By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Federal records list enrollment at Savannah Regional Youth Detention Center as 13 in 2020-21 and 25 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students.

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