Savannah High School, Savannah: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Savannah 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.

The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High School is the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System high school on Pennsylvania Avenue on the east side, serving ninth through 12th grade. It was the high school most often zoned for the city homes we checked, including most of downtown. Its teams are the Blue Jackets, and it hosts the district’s STEAM Career Academy.

• Address: 400 Pennsylvania Ave., Savannah, GA 31404
• Phone: 912-395-5050
• Grades: 9 to 12
• Website: shs.sccpss.com

Who to call

• Savannah High front office: 912-395-5050
• 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 Shomari Gilford, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 688 students at Savannah High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 639 students and 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.4 students per teacher.

State report card

Savannah High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 53.9, 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 59.1 in 2023 and 63.9 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 79.1% in 2025, against 87.2% for Georgia and for the district. The district’s own figure for the class of 2026 is 84.5%, according to its graduation announcement. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Savannah 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:

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. 209 of them (23.2%) were zoned for Savannah High. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):

• Sixth to eighth grade: Hubert Middle (81%), Myers Middle (16%) and DeRenne Middle (2%)
• Elementary school: Andrea B. Williams Elementary (73%), Juliette Gordon Low Elementary (17%), J.G. Smith Elementary (8%) and Gadsden Elementary (2%)

Our Historic District guide found 82% of downtown homes zoned here, with the rest, in the north end, zoned for Groves. Check any address in Find My School.

Savannah High hosts the district’s STEAM Career Academy choice program. The district’s Choice Program guide says applicants to it do not have to meet the usual eligibility criteria and go straight into the lottery.

Sports and activities

Savannah High plays in Region 3-AA of the Georgia High School Association for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignment, with Bryan County, Calvary Day School, Metter, Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah Christian, Screven County, St. Vincent’s Academy and Woodville-Tompkins. Home football games are listed at Savannah High Stadium on the school’s athletics calendar, which also carries junior varsity football and flag football. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

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 Savannah 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 Savannah High School?

Mostly Hubert Middle. In our sample of Savannah homes zoned for Savannah High, 81% were zoned for Hubert Middle and 16% for Myers Middle.

What is Savannah High School’s CCRPI score?

53.9 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia high school average of 76.9. It was 63.9 in 2024.

What is Savannah High School’s graduation rate?

84.5% for the class of 2026, according to the district. The state’s 2025 figure was 79.1%.

What time does Savannah 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.