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Enrollment
419
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000402
Ellis Elementary School
220 E 49th St, Savannah, GA 31405 · (912) 395-5470 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
174 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 30 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 67% larger than its 8th grade class (30).
Student demographics
64%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
45.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
37.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.2% | 37.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 30.4% |
| 2022-23 | 38.7% | 28.1% |
| 2021-22 | 42.2% | 27.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Ellis Elementary School
Ellis Elementary School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Elementary School this school | 419 | 41.5% | 39.7% |
| Matthew Arthur Elementary School Kathleen | 450 | 36.4% | 72.2% |
| Matt Arthur Primary School Perry | 521 | 44.3% | N/A |
| Northside Elementary School Newnan | 366 | 39.3% | 55.6% |
| Arbor Springs Elementary Newnan | 395 | 39.7% | 72.5% |
| South Douglas Elementary School Douglasville | 544 | 46.7% | 59.2% |
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 Ellis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #563 of 1,208 | #9 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #671 of 1,215 ▲ 158 | #11 of 33 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #347 of 1,215 ▲ 109 | #7 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #269 of 1,183 | #17 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #1,054 of 1,324 | #26 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #30 of 1,301 | #1 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #352 of 1,301 | #13 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #1,111 of 1,312 | #32 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #241 of 854 | #10 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
419
-37 (-8%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 419 | 43 | 9.7:1 | 42% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 428 | 40 | 10.7:1 | 46% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 42 | 10.5:1 | 40% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 40 | 11.4:1 | 32% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 42 | 12.4:1 | 30% (155) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 32% (197) |
| 2010-11 | 554 | 45 | 12.3:1 | 39% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 450 | 22 | 20.4:1 | 48% (215) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 29 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ellis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (521 to 419); teachers up 2% (42 to 43).
About Ellis Elementary School
Ellis Elementary School is a small elementary school. Its address is in Savannah, Georgia. Its 419 students are spread across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students.
Savannah-Chatham County has a total of 58 schools and 36,355 students, Ellis Elementary School among them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Ellis Elementary School, at 49%. Enrollment also includes 32% Black, 11% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 47% White, within a few points of the school. Ellis Elementary School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 43 full-time equivalents, or about 9.7 students per teacher. This ratio sits 3.6 below the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 42%. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County, the school's rate is lower.
Ellis Elementary School ranks in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 39.7%. Predicted: 55.9%. Difference: 16.2 points.
Among Chatham County residents, the median household income is $71,097, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides Ellis Elementary School, Chatham County has 59 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Savannah Arts Academy is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Ellis Elementary School. On proficiency, Ellis Elementary School is behind the 46.4% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
In the federal locale system, Ellis Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 37 fewer students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.4:1 to 9.7:1.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Ellis Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome 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
Other Ellis Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Ellis Elementary. Ellis Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Ellis ElementarySunnyvale, CA · 768 students
- Ellis Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 753 students
- Ellis Elementary SchoolDENVER, CO · 467 students
- Ellis Elementary SchoolRockford, IL · 457 students
- Ellis Elementary SchoolRoxbury, MA · 391 students
Nearby schools
- Savannah Arts Academy0.3 mi · 801
- Jacob G. Smith Elementary School0.7 mi · 466
- Susie King Taylor Community School0.9 mi · 284
- Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School1.0 mi · 68
- Savannah Classical Academy Charter School1.1 mi · 349
- Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy1.2 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Ellis Elementary SchoolHow large is Ellis Elementary School?
Ellis Elementary School enrolls approximately 419 students in grades PK-08.
Is Ellis Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ellis Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many students per teacher at Ellis Elementary School?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at Ellis Elementary School.
How diverse is Ellis Elementary School?
Ellis Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 6% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Ellis Elementary School?
Ellis 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.