Islands High, 170 Whitemarsh Island Road: grades 9-12, 790 students in 2025, CCRPI 75.7, 92.9% graduation rate in 2026.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Islands High website, its athletics 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.
Islands High School is the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System high school for Whitemarsh, Wilmington and the other islands east of the city, serving ninth through 12th grade. It has a Savannah mailing address but sits outside the city limits, in the Whitemarsh Island census area, according to the Census Bureau’s geocoder.
- Address: 170 Whitemarsh Island Road, Savannah, GA 31410
- Phone: 912-395-2000
- Grades: 9 to 12
- Website: islands.sccpss.com
Who to call
- Islands High front office: 912-395-2000
- Register a new student: the district’s online registration, or the Student and Family Service Center, 400 E. Broad St., 912-395-5584
- Bus routes: the district’s Transportation Department, 912-395-5591; find a stop with Find My School
- District main line: 912-395-5600
- Is this your school? Enter an address in Find My School
Principal
Principal Jimmie Cave, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 790 students at Islands High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 814 students and 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.4 students per teacher.
State report card
Islands High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 75.7, 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 73.0 in 2023 and 83.0 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 94% in 2025, against 87.2% for Georgia and for the district. The district’s own figure for the class of 2026 is 92.9%, according to its graduation announcement. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Islands 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) | 40% | 4.1% |
| Math (algebra) | 29.7% | 11.5% |
| Science (biology) | 36.3% | 6.9% |
| Social studies (U.S. history) | 27.3% | 23.2% |
Attendance zone
None of the 900 Savannah homes we ran through the district’s Find My School lookup on Oct. 6, 2026, were zoned for Islands High: its zone covers the islands outside the city. At the school’s own address the lookup returns Marshpoint Elementary, Coastal Middle and Islands High. May Howard Elementary on Wilmington Island also feeds Coastal Middle and Islands, according to the same lookup. Check any address in Find My School.
Islands hosts two of the district’s choice programs, Biological and Environmental Scientific Research and Veterinary Science, which students from across the county can apply to by lottery.
Sports and activities
Islands plays in Region 3-AAA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignment, with Appling County, Beach, Brantley County, Johnson, Pierce County, Tattnall County and Toombs County. The district built the Islands High School stadium with sales tax money, according to its ESPLOST III projects page. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.
The school’s athletics page lists basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, esports, tennis and track, and says swimming and golf are district-wide teams.
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.
More
- The school’s website
- The district’s map of schools, with every Savannah-Chatham County Public School System school
- The state’s report card for Islands High
- Every public school that serves Savannah, with zones and scores: our Savannah public schools guide
- District calendar, registration, graduation rates and the school board: our Savannah schools guide
Frequently asked questions
Which middle school feeds Islands High School?
Coastal Middle on Highway 80, which takes students from Marshpoint and May Howard elementary schools, according to the district’s Find My School lookup.
What is Islands High School’s CCRPI score?
75.7 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia high school average of 76.9. It was 83.0 in 2024.
What is Islands High School’s graduation rate?
92.9% for the class of 2026, according to the district. The state’s 2025 figure was 94%.
What time does Islands 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.
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