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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000365
Gadsden Elementary School
919 May St, Savannah, GA 31415 · (912) 395-5940 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
12.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
488 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 | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
11%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
14.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +2.0pp since 2021
Math
23.7%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.5% | 23.7% |
| 2023-24 | 10.2% | 25.2% |
| 2022-23 | 13.9% | 24.5% |
| 2021-22 | 12.5% | 17.9% |
% 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Gadsden Elementary School
Gadsden Elementary School's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gadsden Elementary School this school | 493 | 99.0% | 16.6% |
| Thomas Heathe Slater Elementary School Atlanta | 496 | 100.0% | 13.9% |
| W.S. Hornsby Elementary School Augusta | 508 | 100.0% | 7.8% |
| KIPP Soul Primary Atlanta | 505 | 100.0% | 20.2% |
| Randolph Elementary School Atlanta | 497 | 100.0% | 33.8% |
| Murphey Candler Elementary School Lithonia | 512 | 100.0% | 18.8% |
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 Gadsden Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #1,114 of 1,208 | #32 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.7% | #990 of 1,215 ▼ 52 | #25 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,141 of 1,215 ▲ 58 | #31 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.9pp | #460 of 1,183 | #20 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #872 of 1,324 | #21 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #427 of 1,301 | #16 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #1,272 of 1,301 | #34 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.0% | #467 of 1,312 | #1 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.3% | #250 of 854 | #11 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
493
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 493 | 39 | 12.6:1 | 99% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 98% (461) |
| 2022-23 | 474 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 98% (463) |
| 2020-21 | 484 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 94% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 611 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 97% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 50 | 15.6:1 | 98% (765) |
| 2010-11 | 605 | 48 | 12.6:1 | 94% (567) |
| 2000-01 | 545 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 86% (467) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 39 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gadsden Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (611 to 493); teachers down 5% (41 to 39).
About Gadsden Elementary School
Gadsden Elementary School is a small elementary school in Georgia, located in Savannah. The school serves 493 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Gadsden Elementary School is run by Savannah-Chatham County, whose 58 schools enroll 36,355 students.
Gadsden Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 94% Black. The rest of enrollment is 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Chatham County's population at about 39%. Gadsden Elementary School has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 39 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 99%. Among public schools in Chatham County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Gadsden Elementary School is D. Compared with Georgia public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 10% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Georgia schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Gadsden Elementary School's results are 9.6 points below predicted: 16.6% against 26.2%.
Federal survey data for Chatham County show that median household income is about $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Gadsden Elementary School is among the 60 public schools in Chatham County.
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts is located about 0.4 miles from Gadsden Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 16.6% is below the 41.7% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment went from 484 in 2020-21 to 493 in 2024-25, a change of 9 students. The ratio was 16.7:1 in 2020-21 and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Gadsden Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Gadsden Elementary. Gadsden Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Gadsden Elementary SchoolGadsden, AZ · 391 students
- GADSDEN ELEMENTARYSUNLAND PARK, NM · 379 students
- Gadsden ElementaryGadsden, TN · 148 students
- Gadsden ElementaryGadsden, SC · 133 students
Nearby schools
- Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts0.4 mi · 770
- Susie King Taylor Community School0.7 mi · 284
- Beach High School1.1 mi · 973
- Henderson E Formey Jr Early Learning Center1.2 mi · 324
- Butler Elementary School1.2 mi · 524
- Hubert Middle School1.3 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Gadsden Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gadsden Elementary School?
Gadsden Elementary School enrolls approximately 493 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gadsden Elementary School serve?
Gadsden Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gadsden Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Gadsden Elementary School.
How diverse is Gadsden Elementary School?
Gadsden Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 1% Hispanic, 94% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Gadsden Elementary School?
Gadsden 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.