Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School

Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School is a middle-of-the-pack four-year high school in Somerville, Tennessee, one of the schools within Fayette County Public Schools. The school teaches 724 students in grades 9 through 12.

Fayette County Public Schools runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 2,909 students. Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School records that Black students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 24% White, 13% Hispanic. By comparison, Fayette County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate median household income runs about $88,456, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fayette County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,941 students), Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Jr. High School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Fayette Ware Comprehensive High School's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 892 (now 724). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 13% across the same window.

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