C
Chatham County School District
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 8 towns
Serves Savannah, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Garden City, Tybee Island, Bloomingdale, Thunderbolt and Vernonburg.
Students
35,744
Schools
57
Spent per student
$17,758
GA $15,800
Students per teacher
13:1
Free or reduced lunch
74%
What stands out about Chatham County School District
- School Grade C: better than 34% of Georgia districts
- Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
- Reading / language arts 13 pts below the state
- Graduation rate (4-year) 5 pts above the state
- Spends 12% more per student than the GA average
- 13 students per teacher
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Augusta.
PK–530 elementary schoolsRichmond County school district
6–813 middle schoolsRichmond County school district
9–1212 high schoolsRichmond County school district
Test scores vs. GA
2020–21Math proficiency20%
State average 34.8%
Reading / language arts26%
State average 38.5%
Graduation rate (4-year)90%
State average 84.8%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$17,758 per student · 12% above GA
Spending
Classroom instruction 58%Support & administration 38%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 64%State 24%Federal 13%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
35,361’20
34,728’21
35,730’22
35,170’23
35,744’24
About steady.
Students
Black 55%White 18%Hispanic 18%Two or more races 6%Asian 3%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%
Schools in the district
57 public schools.
Godley Station School
C+1,585 students15:1
Pulaski Elementary SChool
C1,147 students15:1
New Hampstead K-8 School
1,118 students14:1
Rice Creek School
D1,011 students14:1
Hesse School
C996 students13:1
West Chatham Elementary School
C+796 students15:1
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts
A−770 students12:1
Southwest Elementary School
D769 students16:1
White Bluff Elementary School
C701 students14:1
Windsor Forest Elementary School
C−656 students14:1
Heard Elementary School
B−636 students13:1
Marshpoint Elementary School
B+603 students11:1
Garden City Elementary School
D597 students13:1
Isle of Hope School
C−569 students12:1
Otis J Brock III Elementary School
D−568 students14:1
Gould Elementary School
D−559 students11:1
Georgetown School
C544 students11:1
May Howard Elementary School
A−539 students10:1
Butler Elementary School
D524 students13:1
Gadsden Elementary School
D493 students13:1
Shuman Elementary School
D−482 students14:1
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School
A−466 students12:1
Tybee Island Maritime Academy School
B+432 students13:1
Hodge Elementary School
D420 students14:1
Ellis Elementary School
B419 students10:1
Andrea B Williams Elementary School
D−414 students11:1
Haven Elementary School
D361 students12:1
Bloomingdale Elementary School
C−350 students11:1
Savannah Classical Academy Charter School
B349 students11:1
Pooler Elementary School
C+340 students11:1
Henderson E Formey Jr Early Learning Center
324 students12:1
Susie King Taylor Community School
C−284 students14:1
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School
C216 students17:1
West Chatham Middle School
D713 students13:1
The STEM Academy at Bartlett
A625 students13:1
Oglethorpe Charter School
C−567 students13:1
Southwest Middle School
D528 students12:1
Mercer Middle School
D−512 students13:1
Myers Middle School
D503 students13:1
Coastal Middle School
B486 students10:1
DeRenne Middle School
C−484 students10:1
Hubert Middle School
D471 students12:1
Groves High School
D1,469 students20:1
Jenkins High School
B−1,265 students15:1
New Hampstead High School
C1,123 students15:1
Windsor Forest High School
D1,069 students15:1
Beach High School
C−973 students15:1
Savannah Arts Academy
A801 students13:1
Johnson High School
C−762 students12:1
Islands High School
C752 students14:1
Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High School
B694 students14:1
The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High
C−575 students11:1
Savannah Early College High School
A−151 students12:1
Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School
D68 students7:1
School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low
D605 students13:1
Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy
B+441 students13:1
UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center
D69 students10:1
Towns served
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.