Research · High schools - Georgia · October 2026

How Many High Schools Are in Georgia? 509 Public and 293 Private

Name: How Many High Schools Are in Georgia? 509 Public and 293 Private
Creator: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach)
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As of October 2026: Georgia has 802 high schools: 509 public and 293 private. The largest is Brookwood High School in Snellville, with 3,803 students in grades 9 through 12.

The table lists the 15 largest public high schools in Georgia by the number of students in grades 9 through 12.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com), October 2026. Figures and the table may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

The findings, in plain English

Georgia has 802 high schools. 509 are public and 293 are private. The 501 public high schools that report enrollment hold 536,587 students in grades 9 through 12 between them. The private count is a floor, because the federal private school survey is voluntary and a school can skip it.

Brookwood High School is the largest public high school in Georgia. It enrolls 3,803 students in grades 9 through 12 in Snellville. The 15th largest school on the table, Osborne High School in Marietta, enrolls 2,790. None of the 15 largest are charter schools.

The largest private high school in Georgia is St Pius X Catholic High School. It enrolls 1,096 students in Atlanta. That is smaller than every public school on the table above. Private schools report total enrollment to the federal survey, so a school that also teaches younger grades counts those students too. Only schools whose lowest grade is 9 are listed here, so each one is a high school.

The 15 largest public high schools in Georgia

Ranked by the number of students in grades 9 through 12.

High school	City	Students in grades 9-12	Charter
Brookwood High School	Snellville	3,803	No
Grayson High School	Loganville	3,627	No
Lambert High School	Suwanee	3,249	No
Parkview High School	Lilburn	3,216	No
Peachtree Ridge High School	Suwanee	3,155	No
Lowndes High School	Valdosta	3,152	No
Campbell High School	Smyrna	3,085	No
Archer High School	Lawrenceville	3,058	No
North Gwinnett High School	Suwanee	3,033	No
North Paulding High School	Dallas	3,015	No
Cherokee High School	Canton	3,012	No
East Coweta High School	Sharpsburg	3,001	No
Berkmar High School	Lilburn	2,975	No
Camden County High School	Kingsland	2,912	No
Osborne High School	Marietta	2,790	No

NCES Common Core of Data, grade 9-12 enrollment. Virtual schools are excluded. Absence from this list means a school is not among the largest, nothing more.

The largest private high schools in Georgia

Private schools whose lowest grade is 9, by total enrollment.

High school	City	Students
St Pius X Catholic High School	Atlanta	1,096
Blessed Trinity Catholic High School	Roswell	977
Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School	Atlanta	508
Benedictine Military School	Savannah	408
Georgia-Cumberland Academy	Calhoun	303

NCES Private School Universe Survey 2021-22, respondents only. Total enrollment, not a grades 9-12 count.

What these counts cover

A high school here is a school that serves grade 12. Virtual schools are left out, because a school with no building is not comparable to one with a campus. Public counts come from the federal Common Core of Data, which every public district reports to. Private counts come from the federal Private School Universe Survey.

Enrollment for public schools is the number of students in grades 9 through 12, so a school that also teaches middle school grades is not inflated by them. A school that reports no enrollment figure is counted in the state total but cannot be ranked, which is why the number of schools with an enrollment figure is smaller than the public count.

Private high schools in Georgia

The private table below shows the largest private high schools whose lowest grade is 9. The survey is voluntary, so treat these as the largest among the schools that answered, not a complete ranking. A private school that declines the survey does not appear at all.

Private enrollment is a total, not a grades 9 through 12 count, because the survey does not break it out the same way. Limiting the list to schools that start at grade 9 keeps the figures comparable to each other.

What a family should do with this

Size is a starting point, not a verdict. A large school usually offers more courses, more sports and more clubs, and a small school usually gives a student more contact with the adults who write recommendation letters. Both shapes send students to good colleges.

The more useful question is where a school's own graduates actually go. Our page for each Georgia high school carries that school's figures and, where the school publishes one, its own numbered list of the colleges its graduates chose. Start from the school page rather than from the size of the building.

Questions parents ask

How many high schools are in Georgia?

Georgia has 802 high schools: 509 public and 293 private. The largest is Brookwood High School in Snellville, with 3,803 students in grades 9 through 12.

What is the largest high school in Georgia?

It enrolls 3,803 students in grades 9 through 12 in Snellville.

Are private high schools included in the Georgia count?

509 are public and 293 are private. The private count is a floor, because the federal private school survey is voluntary and a school can skip it.

Method & sources: Public school counts and grade 9-12 enrollment come from the NCES Common Core of Data; private counts and enrollment come from the NCES Private School Universe Survey, whose respondents are a floor. A high school is a school serving grade 12; virtual schools are excluded. The public table is ranked by grade 9-12 enrollment, and schools without an enrollment figure are counted in the state total but not ranked.

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