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Savannah-Chatham County Schools
Savannah-Chatham County is a public school district in Georgia, based in Chatham County (Savannah). SchoolGrade grades 57 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Savannah-Chatham County on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Savannah-Chatham County
55 of 57 schools in Savannah-Chatham County carry a SchoolGrade (2 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 10B: 5C: 12D: 21F: 7
Best schools in Savannah-Chatham County
Statewide rankings: all 451 high schools in Georgia · all 467 middle schools in Georgia · all 1227 elementary schools in Georgia
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Savannah Arts Academy (High school, exceeds expectations)
- A+ Savannah Classical Academy Charter School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Woodville Tompkins Technical And Career High School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Savannah Early College High School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Esther F Garrison School For The Arts (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Marshpoint Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A May Howard Elementary School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- A The Stem Academy At Bartlett (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- A- Tybee Island Maritime Academy School (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
Every school in Savannah-Chatham County
High schools (11)
- D+ Beach High School, Savannah
- D- Groves High School, Garden City
- B- Islands High School, Savannah
- D+ Jenkins High School, Savannah
- C- Johnson High School, Savannah
- C+ New Hampstead High School, Bloomingdale
- A+ Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School, Savannah
- A Savannah Early College High School, Savannah
- D- The School Of Liberal Studies At Savannah High, Savannah
- D Windsor Forest High School, Savannah
- A+ Woodville Tompkins Technical And Career High School, Savannah
Middle and junior high schools (8)
- B+ Coastal Middle School, Savannah
- F Derenne Middle School, Savannah
- Henderson E Formey JR Early Learning Center, Savannah
- F Hubert Middle School, Savannah
- F Mercer Middle School, Garden City
- F Myers Middle School, Savannah
- F Southwest Middle School, Savannah
- D West Chatham Middle School, Pooler
Elementary and primary schools (22)
- D- Andrea B Williams Elementary School, Savannah
- C Bloomingdale Elementary School, Bloomingdale
- D- Butler Elementary School, Savannah
- C+ Ellis Elementary School, Savannah
- D- Gadsden Elementary School, Savannah
- C Garden City Elementary School, Garden City
- C- Gould Elementary School, Savannah
- F Haven Elementary School, Savannah
- B- Heard Elementary School, Savannah
- C Hodge Elementary School, Savannah
- B+ Jacob G Smith Elementary School, Savannah
- Largo Tibet Elementary School, Savannah
- A Marshpoint Elementary School, Savannah
- A May Howard Elementary School, Savannah
- D- Otis J Brock Iii Elementary School, Savannah
- D+ Pooler Elementary School, Pooler
- D Pulaski Elementary School, Savannah
- D Shuman Elementary School, Savannah
- D Southwest Elementary School, Savannah
- C- West Chatham Elementary School, Pooler
- D- White Bluff Elementary School, Savannah
- D+ Windsor Forest Elementary School, Savannah
Other schools and academies (16)
- F Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School, Savannah
- A Esther F Garrison School For The Arts, Savannah
- B Georgetown School, Savannah
- C Godley Station School, Savannah
- C Hesse School, Savannah
- D- Isle Of Hope School, Savannah
- D New Hampstead K 8 School, Bloomingdale
- D- Oglethorpe Charter School, Savannah
- D+ Rice Creek School, Port Wentworth
- A+ Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah
- C+ Savannah Chatham E Learning Academy, Savannah
- A+ Savannah Classical Academy Charter School, Savannah
- C- School Of Humanities At Juliette Gordon Low, Savannah
- D- Susie King Taylor Community School, Savannah
- A The Stem Academy At Bartlett, Savannah
- A- Tybee Island Maritime Academy School, Tybee Island
Where Savannah-Chatham County schools are
Cities and towns served (6)
- Savannah (46)
- Bloomingdale (3)
- Garden City (3)
- Pooler (3)
- Port Wentworth (1)
- Tybee Island (1)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Georgia
- County: Chatham County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: midsize city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 35,781 students with 2,710 full-time-equivalent teachers and 5,571 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 1301020
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Bryan County (10 schools, 15 mi)
- Liberty County (12 schools, 24 mi)
- Effingham County (13 schools, 30 mi)
- McIntosh County (3 schools, 38 mi)
- Long County (4 schools, 42 mi)
- Bulloch County (15 schools, 48 mi)
- Evans County (4 schools, 50 mi)
- Wayne County (8 schools, 57 mi)
Questions about Savannah-Chatham County
How many schools are in Savannah-Chatham County?
SchoolGrade grades 57 public schools in Savannah-Chatham County, across 6 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Savannah-Chatham County serve?
The largest by graded schools: Savannah, Bloomingdale, Garden City, Pooler, Port Wentworth and 1 more.
How good are the schools in Savannah-Chatham County?
Across the 55 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C-, with 32% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 37.8%. 40% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Savannah-Chatham County?
35,781 students were enrolled in Savannah-Chatham County in the 2023-24 school year, about 13.2 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Savannah-Chatham County?
Savannah-Chatham County is in Georgia, based in Chatham County, with its district office in Savannah. Its boundary covers about 433 sq mi.