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If you had an hour of school board time for Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
770
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102002152
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts
649 W Jones St, Savannah, GA 31401 · (912) 395-5975 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL770 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Georgia public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
11.6:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
393 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 | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 37% smaller than its 8th grade class (100).
Student demographics
66%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
65.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.9pp since 2021
Math
64.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.8% | 64.2% |
| 2023-24 | 68.7% | 59.7% |
| 2022-23 | 62.8% | 54.2% |
| 2021-22 | 61.9% | 52.7% |
% 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
63.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts's state test result (63.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts this school | 770 | 51.0% | 63.1% |
| Timber Ridge Elementary School McDonough | 713 | 46.6% | 45.1% |
| Ola Elementary School McDonough | 866 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| East Lake Elementary McDonough | 671 | 46.3% | 50.7% |
| Glanton-Hindsman Elementary Villa Rica | 691 | 50.7% | 40.5% |
| Hayes Elementary School Kennesaw | 802 | 57.5% | 43.0% |
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 Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #167 of 1,208 | #3 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.2% | #197 of 1,215 ▲ 59 | #4 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.8% | #92 of 1,215 ▼ 2 | #2 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #228 of 1,183 | #16 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 770 | #268 of 1,324 | #7 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #192 of 1,301 | #10 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #277 of 1,301 | #10 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #1,025 of 1,312 | #30 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.3% | #384 of 386 | #8 of 8 |
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
770
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
+9% since 2000-01, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
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 | 770 | 66.6 | 11.6:1 | 51% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 776 | 67.6 | 11.5:1 | 51% (399) |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 65 | 11.8:1 | 43% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 774 | 64 | 12.1:1 | 37% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 61.4 | 12.5:1 | 39% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 741 | 55 | 13.5:1 | 46% (343) |
| 2010-11 | 693 | 49 | 14.1:1 | 43% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 704 | 33 | 21.3:1 | 86% (606) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (768 to 770); teachers up 8% (61.4 to 66.6).
About Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts
Federal records list Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts as an elementary school in Savannah, Georgia. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 770 students. Enrollment is 27% higher than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts is among 58 schools run by Savannah-Chatham County, which serves 36,355 students.
Black students make up a majority at Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts, at 51%. Smaller groups are 25% White, 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Chatham County is roughly 39% Black. Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts's diversity index is 66%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 66.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.6:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 51%. Among public schools in Chatham County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts is A+. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 95% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.0%. Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts scores 63.1%.
Federal survey data for Chatham County show that the median household income is $71,097, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Chatham County is home to 60 public schools and about 36,380 public school students.
Gadsden Elementary School is the public school closest to Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts, about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts at 3rd of 8.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 770, close to the 774 recorded in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Gadsden Elementary School0.4 mi · 493
- Susie King Taylor Community School1.0 mi · 284
- Henderson E Formey Jr Early Learning Center1.0 mi · 324
- Hubert Middle School1.2 mi · 471
- Savannah Classical Academy Charter School1.4 mi · 349
- Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School1.4 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About Esther F. Garrison School for the ArtsHow large is Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts?
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts enrolls approximately 770 students in grades PK-08.
Is Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts have?
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts?
Student demographics at Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts are roughly 25% White, 9% Hispanic, 51% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts in?
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts is part of Savannah-Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.