Jefferson High School

Jefferson High School is a senior high of middle-of-the-pack scale in Jefferson, Georgia, part of Jefferson City, instructing 1,339 students in grades 9 through 12.

Across the 4 schools in Jefferson City (4,294 students total), Jefferson High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Jefferson High School records that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 10% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Jefferson High School has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Jefferson High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.0%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,544, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Jefferson High School is one of 20 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 17,354 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jefferson High School comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 21%: 1,103 students in 2018 compared to 1,339 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 78% to 72%.

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