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Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000370
Andrea B Williams Elementary School
1150 Wheaton St, Savannah, GA 31404 · (912) 395-2500 · Chatham County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
385 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 18% |
This year's 1st grade class (76) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
15.0%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.7pp since 2021
Math
18.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.0% | 18.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.8% | 14.2% |
| 2022-23 | 11.7% | 13.7% |
| 2021-22 | 5.3% | 7.8% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Andrea B Williams Elementary School
Andrea B Williams Elementary School's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea B Williams Elementary School this school | 414 | 93.0% | 17.9% |
| Hodge Elementary School Savannah | 420 | 95.2% | 34.0% |
| Atkinson Elementary School Griffin | 366 | 90.2% | 15.0% |
| Scott Elementary School Thomasville | 379 | 97.6% | 20.9% |
| Haven Elementary School Savannah | 361 | 97.8% | 13.7% |
| Anne Street Elementary School Griffin | 352 | 88.9% | 9.7% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Andrea B Williams Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,098 of 1,208 | #30 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,097 of 1,215 ▲ 44 | #28 of 33 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,131 of 1,215 ▼ 119 | #30 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.1pp | #132 of 1,183 | #10 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #1,062 of 1,324 | #27 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #77 of 1,301 | #3 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.8% | #1,176 of 1,301 | #33 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #546 of 1,312 | #6 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #573 of 854 | #16 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
414
-100 (-19%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 700
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 414 | 39 | 10.6:1 | 93% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 94% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 95% (436) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 38 | 13.5:1 | 92% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 455 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 91% (414) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 37 | 12.7:1 | 94% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 40 | 13.3:1 | 95% (507) |
| 2000-01 | 411 | 29 | 14.2:1 | 89% (364) |
| 1990-91 | 700 | 60 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Andrea B Williams Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (455 to 414); teachers up 22% (32 to 39).
About Andrea B Williams Elementary School
Andrea B Williams Elementary School sits in Savannah, Georgia, and is classified as an elementary school. It reported 414 students in grades 1 through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students, which makes this school 32% below average.
Andrea B Williams Elementary School is run by Savannah-Chatham County, whose 58 schools enroll 36,355 students.
At Andrea B Williams Elementary School, 88% of students are Black. After that, the student body is 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% White. Census figures show Chatham County is about 39% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 22%.
Based on 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, Andrea B Williams Elementary School has a ratio of 10.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County.
On the allk12 Grade, Andrea B Williams Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 29.3% at Andrea B Williams Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 17.9%.
Looking at the county, Chatham County, median household income comes to about $71,097, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 60, with about 36,380 students.
Hubert Middle School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Andrea B Williams Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 38.3% on proficiency, and Andrea B Williams Elementary School is below that at 17.9%.
For locale, NCES codes Andrea B Williams Elementary School as City: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 414, down from 514 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 10.6 students per teacher, compared with 13.5 in 2020-21.
Andrea B Williams Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Chatham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
300,879
Census ACS
Median income
$71,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
60
36,380 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Savannah-Chatham County
- Godley Station SchoolElementary · 1,585 students
- Groves High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Jenkins High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Pulaski Elementary SChoolElementary · 1,147 students
- New Hampstead High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- New Hampstead K-8 SchoolElementary · 1,118 students
Other schools in Savannah
- Godley Station SchoolElementary · 1,585 students
- Jenkins High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Pulaski Elementary SChoolElementary · 1,147 students
- Windsor Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,069 students
- Hesse SchoolElementary · 996 students
- Beach High SchoolHigh · 973 students
Nearby schools
- Hubert Middle School0.4 mi · 471
- Savannah Classical Academy Charter School0.6 mi · 349
- Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School0.6 mi · 68
- Shuman Elementary School0.6 mi · 482
- Henderson E Formey Jr Early Learning Center0.7 mi · 324
- The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High1.2 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Andrea B Williams Elementary SchoolHow large is Andrea B Williams Elementary School?
Andrea B Williams Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades 01-05.
Is Andrea B Williams Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Andrea B Williams Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Andrea B Williams Elementary School have?
Andrea B Williams Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is Andrea B Williams Elementary School?
Andrea B Williams Elementary School reports a student body of 2% White, 6% Hispanic, 88% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Andrea B Williams Elementary School?
Andrea B Williams Elementary School is overseen by Savannah-Chatham County in Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.