Robert W. Groves High, 100 Priscilla D. Thomas Way: grades 9-12, 1,623 students in 2025, CCRPI 52.6. Zoned for 15% of Savannah homes.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Groves High website, its athletic offerings page, the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System’s map of schools, bell times and 2026-27 calendar, the district’s Find My School lookup, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data, the Georgia High School Association and the federal NCES school directory.

Robert W. Groves High School is a Savannah-Chatham County Public School System high school in Garden City, about five miles west of downtown Savannah, serving ninth through 12th grade. It uses a Savannah mailing address, but the Census Bureau’s geocoder places the campus inside Garden City, where it shares 100 Priscilla D. Thomas Way with Mercer Middle. It is zoned for Savannah’s west side, Godley Station and part of downtown.

Who to call

Principal

Principal Monique Hazzard-Robinson, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 1,623 students at Groves High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,064 students and 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.6 students per teacher.

State report card

Groves High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 52.6, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for high schools was 76.9 and the district’s was 68.6. It was 53.8 in 2023 and 58.1 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 77.1% in 2025, against 87.2% for Georgia and for the district. The district’s own figure for the class of 2026 is 76.4%, according to its graduation announcement. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Groves High report card.

CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.

Georgia Milestones end-of-course tests, 2025, share of tested students scoring at the Proficient and Distinguished levels:

Subject Proficient Distinguished
English (American literature) 14.3% 1.1%
Math (algebra) 10% 2.4%
Science (biology) 16.5% 2.8%
Social studies (U.S. history) 16.2% 4.1%

Attendance zone

We ran 900 Savannah homes, chosen at random from Chatham County’s parcel records for the city, through the district’s Find My School lookup on Oct. 6, 2026. 132 of them (14.7%) were zoned for Groves High. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):

Our Godley Station and Carver Heights guides found every home we checked in those areas zoned for Groves. Groves also serves most of Garden City. Check any address in Find My School.

Under Phase 1 of the district’s Long-Range Facilities Plan, adopted by the Board of Education in January 2024, students in The Farms, Hunt Club, Forest Lakes, Copper Brook and other Benton Boulevard communities were moved from New Hampstead High to Groves starting in 2024-25, according to the district’s grandfathering page, which calls Groves a “6-12 Multicampus.”

Groves hosts two of the district’s choice programs, Maritime Logistics and Aviation Manufacturing and Service, open to students across the county by lottery.

Sports and activities

Groves plays in Region 1-AAAAA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignment, with Benedictine, Evans, Jenkins, Richmond Academy, Statesboro, Ware County and Wayne County. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

The school’s athletic offerings page lists:

  • Fall: football, football cheerleading, cross country, girls flag football, one-act play and volleyball
  • Winter: basketball, basketball cheerleading, riflery, swimming (a district team) and wrestling
  • Spring: baseball, soccer, softball, tennis and track and field
  • Year-round: esports

Calendar

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar, approved May 7, 2025 (all dates on the district calendar page):

  • Thursday, Oct. 8: staff planning day, no school for students
  • Friday, Oct. 9: fall holiday
  • Monday, Oct. 12: Columbus Day, no school
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: remote-learning half-day; students learn from home
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21-31: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, 2027, is a staff planning day with no school for students
  • March 26 to April 2, 2027: spring break
  • Friday, May 21, 2027: last day of school

Bell times

Classes run 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times, approved by the Board of Public Education on April 8, 2026. Buses arrive at 7 a.m., breakfast is served from 7 to 7:20 a.m., and buses leave at 2:40 p.m.

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Frequently asked questions

Which middle school feeds Groves High School?

Godley Station K-8 and Mercer Middle. In our sample of Savannah homes zoned for Groves, 48% were zoned for Godley Station K-8 and 40% for Mercer Middle.

Is Groves High School in Savannah or Garden City?

It has a Savannah mailing address, but the Census Bureau places the campus inside Garden City. It is zoned for parts of both cities.

What is Groves High School’s CCRPI score?

52.6 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia high school average of 76.9. It was 58.1 in 2024.

What time does Groves High School start?

Classes run 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in 2026-27, according to the district’s approved bell times.