Savannah Standard

There were 19,299 Black students enrolled in Chatham County school in the 2022-23 school year, 1% less than the previous year, according to reports from the Georgia Department of Education.

Data showed that Chatham County welcomed 34,131 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 56.5% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 58 schools in Chatham County, Beach High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 723 students.

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 Black Students	Total Black Students	Total enrollment
Gadsden Elementary School	95%	410	432
Haven Elementary School	94%	335	357
DeRenne Middle School	91%	485	533
Andrea B Williams Elementary School	91%	414	455
Hodge Elementary School	91%	329	362
The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High	88%	586	666
Butler Elementary School	88%	367	418
Hubert Middle School	87%	393	452
Johnson High School	85%	605	712
Myers Middle School	85%	396	466
Beach High School	84%	723	861
Shuman Elementary School	83%	428	516
Oglethorpe Charter School	82%	492	601
Otis J Brock III Elementary School	81%	408	504
Henderson E Formey Jr Early Learning Center	81%	153	190
School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low	80%	480	600
Susie King Taylor Community School	77%	222	289
White Bluff Elementary School	72%	447	622
Isle of Hope School	71%	412	581
Savannah Early College High School	69%	95	139
Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy	68%	446	656
Windsor Forest High School	67%	638	953
Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High School	66%	433	657
Heard Elementary School	66%	386	585
Largo-Tibet Elementary School	66%	360	546
Southwest Middle School	64%	490	767
Groves High School	61%	575	943
Windsor Forest Elementary School	61%	247	405
Jenkins High School	60%	646	1,077
Mercer Middle School	60%	241	402
Rice Creek School	59%	663	1,125
Georgetown School	55%	283	515
Savannah Classical Academy Charter School	55%	165	301
Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School	54%	32	60
New Hampstead High School	52%	688	1,324
West Chatham Elementary School	51%	378	743
Southwest Elementary School	51%	360	706
Godley Station School	48%	527	1,099
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts	48%	355	741
New Hampstead K-8 School	47%	383	816
West Chatham Middle School	45%	437	973
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School	45%	195	435
The STEM Academy at Bartlett	43%	279	650
Pulaski Elementary SChool	42%	236	564
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School	39%	81	210
Pooler Elementary School	36%	135	377
Ellis Elementary School	35%	136	391
Gould Elementary School	33%	264	802
Garden City Elementary School	33%	172	522
UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center	32%	10	34
Marshpoint Elementary School	26%	151	581
Coastal Middle School	26%	142	549
Hesse School	22%	214	975
Islands High School	17%	141	835
Savannah Arts Academy	16%	142	893
Bloomingdale Elementary School	14%	36	264
Tybee Island Maritime Academy School	7%	28	414
May Howard Elementary School	5%	24	485