Savannah Standard

There were 5,429 kindergarten students enrolled in Chatham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 5% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Henderson E. Formey Jr. Early Learning Center welcomed the largest number of kindergarten students among county schools, registering 373 students during the 2022-23 school year.

Within Chatham County schools, the highest student count was found in ninth grade, with the smallest class sizes seen in 12th grade.

Statewide, Chatham County ranked ninth in enrollment numbers, with a total of 68,856 students enrolled in the 2022-23 school year. It was also ranked ninth the year before.

As of 2024, Georgia has an average student-to-teacher ratio of approximately 15:1, which is better than the national average of 16:1. 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	# of Kindergarten Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Henderson E. Formey Jr. Early Learning Center	373	100%	373
Gould Elementary School	288	18.5%	1,557
Southwest Elementary School	269	19.3%	1,397
West Chatham Elementary School	263	17.8%	1,481
Rice Creek School	235	10.5%	2,244
Godley Station School	227	10.3%	2,208
Pulaski Elementary SChool	221	19.7%	1,121
Marshpoint Elementary School	204	17.3%	1,180
White Bluff Elementary School	202	16.4%	1,229
Hesse School	199	10.2%	1,950
Heard Elementary School	192	16.3%	1,181
Largo-Tibet Elementary School	191	17.5%	1,094
Otis J. Brock III Elementary School	177	17.6%	1,003
May Howard Elementary School	169	17.5%	968
School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low	163	13.7%	1,187
Pooler Elementary School	153	19.8%	772
New Hampstead K-8 School	142	8.7%	1,635
Garden City Elementary School	137	13.2%	1,041
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School	137	15.7%	871
Windsor Forest Elementary School	132	16.3%	810
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts	124	8.4%	1,485
Gadsden Elementary School	124	14.4%	860
Hodge Elementary School	122	17%	719
Isle of Hope School	118	10.3%	1,149
Haven Elementary School	115	15.9%	725
Savannah Classical Academy Charter School	114	17.1%	666
Bloomingdale Elementary School	111	20.7%	537
Butler Elementary School	106	12.6%	843
Ellis Elementary School	96	12.2%	788
Georgetown School	88	8.6%	1,019
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School	87	19.6%	443
Susie King Taylor Community School	78	13.1%	594
Tybee Island Maritime Academy School	72	8.6%	835
Andrea B. Williams Elementary School	0	0%	913
Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy	0	0%	1,416
Shuman Elementary School	0	0%	1,022
UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center	0	0%	44