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Jenkins High School

1800 East Derenne Avenue, Savannah, GA, 31406-2148 -

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Definition of Terms

Jenkins High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Chatham County, GA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1627 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

89 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 560 students

Grade 10 - 381 students

Grade 11 - 312 students

Grade 12 - 374 students

This School

( GA ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:18

1:15

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( GA ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	3%	2%
% Hispanic	3%	9%
% Black	68%	40%
% White	26%	45%

Additional Student Information

This School

( GA ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

36%

45%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( GA ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Chatham County School District

This School's Agency

( GA ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	55	6
Number of Students Managed	37,080 students	3,730 students
District Total Revenue	$307,653,000	$29,999,000
District Expenditure	$297,222,000	$27,898,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,297	$9,137
District Expenditure / Student	$8,016	$8,688
District Graduation Rates	45%	74%

Herschel V. Jenkins High School is a public high school located in Savannah, Georgia, at 1800 East Derenne Avenue.
Students come from the school's neighborhood attendance district as well as from elsewhere in Chatham County through the Honors Academy for Academic Excellence. Jenkins is part of the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Georgia Accrediting Commission.
Jenkins operates on a block 4x4 schedule. Students take four courses per semester. Traditionally each semester a student will take two core courses and two elective courses. Senior students are also eligible for Joint Enrollment. This program partners with Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah Technical College and Savannah State University. Joint Enrollment enables a student to leave school early and take college core courses. The tuition is completely free of charge to the student. In addition, Jenkins offers AP courses, honors/advanced courses and Project Lead the Way courses.
The school is named for the late local philanthropist Herschel Vespasian Jenkins.
History: Originally opened in the mid-1950s, the school was a segregated, whites-only establishment. The building was a "Florida-style" school. Typically, these schools were characterized by a low-ceiling building with outdoor corridors. A classroom was equipped with long glass windows the legnth of the room, two outlets, and fluorescent lighting. What the building lacked, in such a hot climate, was air-conditioning.
In the late 1980s the school was expanded tremendously with several new buildings, including a new social studies building, expanded science building, a new technology building and a new gymnasium. The old gymnasium was then renovated into an auditorium. The existing buildings were enclosed, insulated, and air-conditioned. New windows and electrical systems were installed. As well, a gabled roof was added, new laminated flooring was laid, walls were painted, and new suspended ceilings were hung. The renovation was complete by the 1990-91 school year.
By the mid-1990s the Magnet Program, now called Honors Academy for Academic Excellence, was in full throttle. Some of the brightest students Jenkins ever hosted came to the school. With such successful and opportunistic programs Jenkins was named a Blue Ribbon School and a School of Excellence in 1997 and 1998 respectively.
Currently the school is 500 students over the maximum capacity of 1200 students (but at enrollment levels during the 1960s and 1970s baby boom years). Redistricting in 2005 was supposed to alleviate this overcrowding but students flocked back to Jenkins. There are no plans for another expansion at this time. However, a high-tech high school is in the works for Pooler, a suburb of Savannah. If and when this school opens, Jenkins will most likely experience a population drop.
Mission: To ignite a passion for learning and teaching at high levels.
Vision: From school to the world: All students prepared for productive futures.
Motto: Striving to educate with excellence.
Beliefs: Student learning is the primary focus for the school.
Students' learning should be the primary consideration for all school decisions.
All students can learn.
Students should receive a variety of instructional approaches in order to support different learning styles.
Active engagement in the learning process promotes student learning.
Each student is valued as a unique individual with unique physical, social, emotional, and intellectual needs.
Exceptional students merit special services and resources.
Positive relationships among students, parents and staff can enhance students' self-esteem.
Students learn best in a safe and comfortable environment.
Teachers, administrators, parents, students and the community share the responsibility for fostering the school's mission.
Students should become confident, self-directed, lifelong earners.
AP Courses: The Advanced Placement Program is a U.S.- and Canada-based program designed to allow high-school students the opportunity to take university grade classes. Jenkins offers 16 of these courses.
AP Art History; AP Biology; AP Calculus AB; AP Calculus BC; AP Chemistry; AP Computer Science; AP English Language and Composition; AP English Literature and Composition; AP Environmental Science; AP European History; AP French Language; AP Physics; AP Psychology; AP Spanish Language; AP United States Government and Politics; AP United States History.
Project Lead the Way: Project Lead the Way or simply (PLTW) is a program designed to instill more technological learning into schools. The program has been offered at Jenkins in previous years but is not currently being offered in the 2006-07 school year. The teachers are typically math or science teachers and a need for more of these teachers to their respective fields has caused the PLTW courses to be placed on hiatus this school year.
Honors Academy for Academic Excellence: The primary focus of this program is to provide higher-level courses to the advanced learner. Through this program any student in Chatham County who meets certain criteria is eligible to enroll at Jenkins. Typically the number of students in this program floats around 300.
Extracurricular Activities and Athletics: Academic Decathlon; Academic Quiz Bowl; Baseball; Basketball; Cheerleading; Crosscountry; Drama Club; Football; French Club; Future Business Leaders of America; Golf; J.G.G. Career Association; Kappa League; Key Club International; Marine Science Club; Math Team; Mock Trial Team; Model United Nations; National Art Honor Society; National Honor Society; Odyssey of the Mind; Parent Teacher Student Association; Peer Helpers; Robotics Team; Sailing; School Council; Science Olympiad; Senior Class Officers; Sequoyah Staff; Soccer; Softball; Support Our Scholars Booster Club; Swimming; Technology Student Association; Tennis; Track; Vocational Opportunities Club; Volleyball; Warriors for Christ; Wrestling.
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About This Zip Code (31406)

School Zip (31406)

(GA) State Average

Population (Approximate)

34,753 people

7,666,612 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

34%

21%

Population Average Age

36 years old

33.4 years old

Average Household size

2.5 persons

2.5 persons

Median Household Income

$42,875

$44,694

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.6 rooms

5.6 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

33 years old

30 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

64% / 36%

65% / 35%

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