Summary:
Zip code 31321, encompassing the Pembroke, Georgia area, is home to a single public high school, Bryan County High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 with an enrollment of 522 students.
Bryan County High School has shown a strong upward trajectory in its state ranking, climbing from 177th to 123rd out of roughly 455 high schools over the past two years. The school's graduation rate of 89.0% exceeds the state average of 87.2%, though it trails the Bryan County district rate of 94.5%. Academically, the school demonstrates relative strengths in U.S. History (48.9% proficient vs. 38.5% statewide) and Biology (51.8% vs. 47.2% statewide), both exceeding state averages. However, Algebra I proficiency has declined sharply from 53.6% to 44.4%, now falling below the state average of 48.1%, and the gap between the school and its district in this subject has widened dramatically to nearly 32 percentage points. In the most recent available data, American Literature proficiency was a weak point at 35.1%, below both state and district averages. (Note: current English Language Arts scores are not yet released and will be available in December.)
The most pressing concern for Bryan County High School is its chronic absenteeism rate of 25.4%—more than double the district rate of 12.2% and well above the state's 17.7%. This issue is particularly significant given that 64.18% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Despite generous resources, including $16,927 per-student spending and a favorable 10.9:1 student-teacher ratio, the school's mixed academic outcomes suggest that addressing attendance challenges may be key to improving performance. While the school's ranking improvement is encouraging, parents should be aware that this progress is not uniform across subjects, and the school continues to lag its district in most academic areas.
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