Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts

Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts is a medium-sized K-5 school in Savannah, Georgia, part of Savannah-Chatham County. The school teaches 770 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 27% bigger than typical.

Savannah-Chatham County runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 36,355 students. Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts reports that 51% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 25% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Chatham County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 63.1%, a residual of +12.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Chatham County shows median household income runs about $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Chatham County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts is one campus in the mix.

Gadsden Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 35.0%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 768 students in 2018 compared to 770 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 39% to 25%.

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