Savannah Standard

There were 34,131 students enrolled in Chatham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 0.1% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Boys made up 50.8% of the county's student body, while the other 49.2% were girls.

Data also showed that African American students made up 56.5% of the student body, the largest percentage in Chatham County schools, followed by white students with 20.4%, 14.2% Hispanic students, 5.6% multiracial students, 2.6% Asian students and 0.2% American Indian or Alaska Native students.

New Hampstead High School stood out with the highest enrollment among Chatham County's 58 schools in the 2022-23 cycle, welcoming 1,324 students.

As of 2024, Georgia has an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 15:1, which is better than the national average of 1:16. The state has its best student-to-teacher ratio of 14:1 in pre-kindergarten and middle school grades, while high school has an average ratio of 17:1.

School name	Total enrollment in 2021-22	Total enrollment in 2022-23	% change
New Hampstead High School	1,266	1,324	4.6%
Rice Creek School	880	1,125	27.8%
Godley Station School	1,046	1,099	5.1%
Jenkins High School	983	1,077	9.6%
Hesse School	974	975	0.1%
West Chatham Middle School	977	973	-0.4%
Windsor Forest High School	921	953	3.5%
Groves High School	831	943	13.5%
Savannah Arts Academy	904	893	-1.2%
Beach High School	898	861	-4.1%
Islands High School	896	835	-6.8%
New Hampstead K-8 School	744	816	9.7%
Gould Elementary School	721	802	11.2%
Southwest Middle School	767	767	0%
West Chatham Elementary School	705	743	5.4%
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts	749	741	-1.1%
Johnson High School	700	712	1.7%
Southwest Elementary School	664	706	6.3%
The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High	589	666	13.1%
Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High School	626	657	5%
Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy	1,001	656	-34.5%
The STEM Academy at Bartlett	626	650	3.8%
White Bluff Elementary School	574	622	8.4%
Oglethorpe Charter School	579	601	3.8%
School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low	583	600	2.9%
Heard Elementary School	585	585	0%
Isle of Hope School	591	581	-1.7%
Marshpoint Elementary School	600	581	-3.2%
Pulaski Elementary SChool	548	564	2.9%
Coastal Middle School	621	549	-11.6%
Largo-Tibet Elementary School	534	546	2.2%
DeRenne Middle School	568	533	-6.2%
Garden City Elementary School	387	522	34.9%
Shuman Elementary School	517	516	-0.2%
Georgetown School	556	515	-7.4%
Otis J. Brock III Elementary School	420	504	20%
May Howard Elementary School	465	485	4.3%
Myers Middle School	573	466	-18.7%
Andrea B. Williams Elementary School	466	455	-2.4%
Hubert Middle School	505	452	-10.5%
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School	418	435	4.1%
Gadsden Elementary School	421	432	2.6%
Butler Elementary School	449	418	-6.9%
Tybee Island Maritime Academy School	372	414	11.3%
Windsor Forest Elementary School	403	405	0.5%
Mercer Middle School	400	402	0.5%
Ellis Elementary School	369	391	6%
Pooler Elementary School	400	377	-5.8%
Hodge Elementary School	347	362	4.3%
Haven Elementary School	362	357	-1.4%
Savannah Classical Academy Charter School	324	301	-7.1%
Susie King Taylor Community School	236	289	22.5%
Bloomingdale Elementary School	264	264	0%
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School	240	210	-12.5%
Henderson E. Formey Jr. Early Learning Center	205	190	-7.3%
Savannah Early College High School	168	139	-17.3%
Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School	62	60	-3.2%
UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center	0	34	0%