Enrollment
350
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000403
Bloomingdale Elementary School
1700 Highgate Blvd, Savannah, GA 31302 · (912) 395-3680 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL350 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
266 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 60 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
68%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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
35.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.9pp since 2021
Math
32.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.4% | 32.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.4% | 35.4% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 32.2% |
| 2021-22 | 26.4% | 24.9% |
% 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
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Bloomingdale Elementary School
Bloomingdale Elementary School's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomingdale Elementary School this school | 350 | 76.0% | 37.3% |
| Arnco-Sargent Elementary School Newnan | 357 | 71.1% | 33.7% |
| Commerce Elementary School Commerce | 308 | 79.9% | 56.2% |
| Emerson Elementary School Emerson | 385 | 77.9% | 33.6% |
| Kingston Elementary School Kingston | 473 | 72.9% | 30.1% |
| Pooler Elementary School Pooler | 340 | 85.6% | 28.7% |
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 Bloomingdale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #610 of 1,208 | #10 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #805 of 1,215 ▼ 88 | #16 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #582 of 1,215 ▼ 94 | #11 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.2pp | #204 of 1,183 | #13 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 350 | #1,178 of 1,324 | #29 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #151 of 1,301 | #8 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.2% | #176 of 1,301 | #5 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #770 of 1,312 | #23 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #810 of 854 | #19 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
350
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 350 | 31 | 11.3:1 | 76% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 331 | 31 | 10.7:1 | 81% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 31 | 11.7:1 | 67% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 32 | 12.1:1 | 67% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 356 | 28.8 | 12.4:1 | 57% (203) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 53% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 45% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 486 | 24 | 20.3:1 | 46% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 492 | 35 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bloomingdale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (356 to 350); teachers up 8% (28.8 to 31).
About Bloomingdale Elementary School
Bloomingdale Elementary School is a public elementary school run by Savannah-Chatham County in Savannah, Georgia. The school had 350 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605, so this school runs 42% smaller than that.
Savannah-Chatham County counts 58 schools and 36,355 students, including Bloomingdale Elementary School.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Bloomingdale Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 45%. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 23% Black, and 6% multiracial. The White share in Chatham County as a whole is similar, at about 47%. Bloomingdale Elementary School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 31 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 11.3:1. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 11.3:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 76% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That tracks the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Bloomingdale Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 37.3% actual against 38.1% predicted.
Census estimates describe Chatham County this way: the median household income is $71,097, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Chatham County has 60 public schools and roughly 36,380 students.
The nearest other public school, Pooler Elementary School, is about 2.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 37.3%; Bloomingdale Elementary School's is 37.3%, ranking 4th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Bloomingdale Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment at Bloomingdale Elementary School dropped 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 386 to 350 students.
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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
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Other Bloomingdale Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bloomingdale Elementary. Bloomingdale Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Bloomingdale Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 331 students
- Bloomingdale Elementary SchoolBLOOMINGDALE, MI · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Pooler Elementary School2.9 mi · 340
- West Chatham Elementary School3.2 mi · 796
- West Chatham Middle School3.4 mi · 713
- New Hampstead High School3.9 mi · 1,123
- New Hampstead K-8 School4.1 mi · 1,118
- South Effingham High School4.6 mi · 1,906
Frequently asked questions
About Bloomingdale Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Bloomingdale Elementary School?
Bloomingdale Elementary School enrolls approximately 350 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Bloomingdale Elementary School serve?
Bloomingdale Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Bloomingdale Elementary School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Bloomingdale Elementary School.
How diverse is Bloomingdale Elementary School?
Bloomingdale Elementary School reports a student body of 45% White, 25% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Bloomingdale Elementary School public or private?
Bloomingdale Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Savannah-Chatham County.
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