Savannah Standard

There were 5,996 first grade students enrolled in Chatham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 12.7% more than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

West Chatham Elementary School welcomed the largest number of first grade students among county schools, registering 284 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.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia's public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.

School name	# of 1st Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
West Chatham Elementary School	284	19.2%	1,481
Gould Elementary School	281	18%	1,557
Godley Station School	268	12.1%	2,208
Southwest Elementary School	254	18.2%	1,397
Hesse School	232	11.9%	1,950
School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low	232	19.5%	1,187
White Bluff Elementary School	223	18.1%	1,229
Rice Creek School	221	9.8%	2,244
Heard Elementary School	220	18.6%	1,181
New Hampstead K-8 School	220	13.5%	1,635
Marshpoint Elementary School	213	18.1%	1,180
Largo-Tibet Elementary School	209	19.1%	1,094
Pulaski Elementary SChool	204	18.2%	1,121
Garden City Elementary School	197	18.9%	1,041
Andrea B. Williams Elementary School	195	21.4%	913
Otis J. Brock III Elementary School	190	18.9%	1,003
May Howard Elementary School	180	18.6%	968
Shuman Elementary School	178	17.4%	1,022
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School	161	18.5%	871
Gadsden Elementary School	156	18.1%	860
Butler Elementary School	155	18.4%	843
Hodge Elementary School	146	20.3%	719
Windsor Forest Elementary School	145	17.9%	810
Haven Elementary School	136	18.8%	725
Pooler Elementary School	129	16.7%	772
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts	125	8.4%	1,485
Susie King Taylor Community School	117	19.7%	594
Georgetown School	114	11.2%	1,019
Isle of Hope School	111	9.7%	1,149
Bloomingdale Elementary School	106	19.7%	537
Ellis Elementary School	106	13.5%	788
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School	96	21.7%	443
Tybee Island Maritime Academy School	88	10.5%	835
Savannah Classical Academy Charter School	76	11.4%	666
Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy	28	2%	1,416
Henderson E. Formey Jr. Early Learning Center	0	0%	373
UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center	0	0%	44