📍 2500 Authuan Maybank Drive, Georgetown, Georgetown County, 29440
Georgetown High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Georgetown, Georgetown County. The school has 940 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Georgetown 01 school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 68.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 84%. The school offers 11 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Georgetown High enrolls 940 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 68.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% Black or African American, 39% White and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 409 | 44% |
| White | 371 | 39% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 142 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
722 of the school's 940 students (77%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 706 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Georgetown High is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district SC-70, state senate district 32, state house district 103.
Georgetown High is one of 19 schools in Georgetown 01, based in Georgetown, South Carolina. The district serves 8,208 students district-wide and employs 621 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 940 students, Georgetown High is larger than the district average of about 432 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant