SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of average-sized scale in SANTA RITA, Guam, run under Guam Department of Education, caters to 1,054 students in grades 9 through 12.

Within Guam Department of Education, which oversees 41 schools and 23,413 students, SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL lists that 85% of students identify as Pacific Islander, making the school strongly Pacific Islander-majority; the rest comes out to 9% Asian, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL reports 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm.

H.S. TRUMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL.

SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 25%: 1,397 students in 2018 compared to 1,054 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.