Southern Garrett High School

Southern Garrett High School is a compact secondary school in Oakland, Maryland, one of the schools within Garrett County Public Schools. The school hosts 870 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Maryland, which averages around 1,185 students.

Across the 12 schools in Garrett County Public Schools (3,853 students total), Southern Garrett High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Southern Garrett High School lists that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Southern Garrett High School has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.3:1, putting Southern Garrett High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at Southern Garrett High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Southern Garrett High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Garrett County indicate median household earnings sit near $67,688, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Garrett County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,853 students), Southern Garrett High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Yough Glades Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Southern Garrett High School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southern Garrett High School has grew 22%, going from 715 students in 2018 to 870 in 2025.

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