Herschel V. Jenkins High, 1800 E. DeRenne Ave.: grades 9-12, 1,345 students in 2025, CCRPI 60.5, 84.8% graduation rate in 2026.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Jenkins 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.
Herschel V. Jenkins High School is a Savannah-Chatham County Public School System high school on East DeRenne Avenue on the city’s south side, serving ninth through 12th grade. Its teams are the Warriors, and it hosts the district’s Engineering choice program.
- Address: 1800 E. DeRenne Ave., Savannah, GA 31406
- Phone: 912-395-6300
- Grades: 9 to 12
- Website: jenkins.sccpss.com
Who to call
- Jenkins High front office: 912-395-6300
- 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 Marlon Worrill, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 1,345 students at Jenkins High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 1,179 students and 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.4 students per teacher.
State report card
Jenkins High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 60.5, 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 65.9 in 2023 and 64.8 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 83.2% in 2025, against 87.2% for Georgia and for the district. The district’s own figure for the class of 2026 is 84.8%, according to its graduation announcement. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Jenkins 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) | 21% | 6.3% |
| Math (algebra) | 14% | 7% |
| Science (biology) | 24.3% | 6.1% |
| Social studies (U.S. history) | 17.1% | 11.2% |
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. 97 of them (10.8%) were zoned for Jenkins High. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):
- Sixth to eighth grade: Myers Middle (99%) and Hesse K-8 (1%)
- Elementary school: White Bluff Elementary (39%), Heard Elementary (30%), Juliette Gordon Low Elementary (28%) and J.G. Smith Elementary (2%)
Check any address in Find My School; the district also posts a map of schools.
Jenkins hosts the district’s Engineering choice program, which students from across the county can apply to by lottery.
Sports and activities
Jenkins plays in Region 1-AAAAA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignment, with Benedictine, Evans, Groves, Richmond Academy, Statesboro, Ware County and Wayne County. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.
The school’s athletics page says more information is coming; its events calendar lists varsity and junior varsity football, flag football, softball and cross country.
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 Jenkins 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 Jenkins High School?
Myers Middle. In our sample of Savannah homes zoned for Jenkins, 99% were zoned for Myers Middle.
What is Jenkins High School’s CCRPI score?
60.5 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia high school average of 76.9. It was 64.8 in 2024.
What is Jenkins High School’s graduation rate?
84.8% for the class of 2026, according to the district. The state’s 2025 figure was 83.2%.
What time does Jenkins 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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