Total enrollment
35,744
-161 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
58 schools in Savannah-Chatham County
Georgia · 36,355 students · 6 cities
Public-school families inside Savannah-Chatham County pick from 58 schools serving the district's roughly 36,355 K-12 students (34 elementary, 9 middle, and 12 high).
4-year change in Savannah-Chatham County
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
57
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Savannah-Chatham County ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Georgia | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #119 of 160 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 36,355 | #10 of 172 | #164 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 58 | #7 of 172 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #46 of 172 | #3,410 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 73.8% | #121 of 172 | #1,644 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #46 of 160 | #1,349 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Savannah-Chatham County
State test results across the district's 54 scored schools run from Savannah Classical Academy Charter School at 70.5% proficient to Hubert Middle School at 9.1%, a gap of 61.4 points. That is the 13th widest gap among 107 Georgia districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 54 district schools that reported both years went from 35,702 to 33,861 students (down 5%) and from 2,497 to 2,575 full-time teachers (up 3%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Savannah-Chatham County
Across 58 schools, Savannah-Chatham County serves about 36,355 students in Georgia. By footprint it is a mid-sized district.
On the level-by-level breakdown, Savannah-Chatham County covers 34 elementary, 9 middle, 12 high schools, and 3 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 627 in this district, meaningfully below the Georgia typical of 748.
Over the past 4-year window. Combined enrollment now sits at 35,744 students, remained close to its prior level from the 35,905 reported in SY 2020-21.
On allk12, the community for Savannah-Chatham County discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.