Savannah Standard

There were 5,383 second grade students enrolled in Chatham County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 4.7% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Godley Station School welcomed the largest number of second grade students among county schools, registering 241 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 2nd Grade Students Enrolled	% of Student Body	Total Enrollment
Godley Station School	241	10.9%	2,208
Gould Elementary School	239	15.4%	1,557
Southwest Elementary School	233	16.7%	1,397
Hesse School	225	11.5%	1,950
Rice Creek School	222	9.9%	2,244
School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low	210	17.7%	1,187
West Chatham Elementary School	207	14%	1,481
Heard Elementary School	207	17.5%	1,181
Largo-Tibet Elementary School	205	18.7%	1,094
Pulaski Elementary SChool	197	17.6%	1,121
Shuman Elementary School	188	18.4%	1,022
White Bluff Elementary School	186	15.1%	1,229
Marshpoint Elementary School	182	15.4%	1,180
May Howard Elementary School	181	18.7%	968
Garden City Elementary School	174	16.7%	1,041
New Hampstead K-8 School	167	10.2%	1,635
Andrea B. Williams Elementary School	165	18.1%	913
Otis J. Brock III Elementary School	150	15%	1,003
Butler Elementary School	147	17.4%	843
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School	145	16.6%	871
Isle of Hope School	131	11.4%	1,149
Pooler Elementary School	130	16.8%	772
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts	125	8.4%	1,485
Haven Elementary School	124	17.1%	725
Georgetown School	119	11.7%	1,019
Gadsden Elementary School	117	13.6%	860
Windsor Forest Elementary School	117	14.4%	810
Ellis Elementary School	108	13.7%	788
Hodge Elementary School	107	14.9%	719
Tybee Island Maritime Academy School	89	10.7%	835
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School	83	18.7%	443
Bloomingdale Elementary School	73	13.6%	537
Susie King Taylor Community School	72	12.1%	594
Savannah Classical Academy Charter School	72	10.8%	666
Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy	45	3.2%	1,416
Henderson E. Formey Jr. Early Learning Center	0	0%	373
UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center	0	0%	44