The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High

The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High is a 9-12 campus of close-knit scale in Savannah, Georgia, part of Savannah-Chatham County, instructing 575 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Savannah-Chatham County, which oversees 58 schools and 36,355 students, The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High shows that 90% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Hispanic, 4% White, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.2:1, putting The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chatham County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 33.4%; actual is 11.0%, a gap of -22.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Chatham County put the typical household earns roughly $71,097 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High is one of 60 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students).

The closest other public school is Savannah Early College High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 575). Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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