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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000238
Georgetown School
1516 King George Blvd, Savannah, GA 31419 · (912) 395-3475 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
420 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 51 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 18% larger than its 8th grade class (51).
Student demographics
63%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
44.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +19.9pp since 2021
Math
46.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +26.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 20 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 46.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.6% | 38.4% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.6% | 20.5% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Georgetown School
Georgetown School's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown School this school | 544 | 77.2% | 42.1% |
| Dallas Elementary School Dallas | 513 | 79.7% | 27.1% |
| Pleasant Grove Elementary School Stockbridge | 522 | 73.9% | 29.4% |
| Mount Carmel Elementary School Hampton | 547 | 76.6% | 33.8% |
| Lorraine Elementary School Stockbridge | 571 | 73.2% | 35.8% |
| Hampton Elementary School Hampton | 466 | 77.3% | 25.5% |
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 Georgetown School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #507 of 1,208 | #7 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #468 of 1,215 ▲ 175 | #7 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #367 of 1,215 ▲ 195 | #9 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +23.1pp | #6 of 1,183 | #2 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #754 of 1,324 | #18 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #176 of 1,301 | #9 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #362 of 1,301 | #14 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.2% | #760 of 1,312 | #21 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.8% | #139 of 854 | #7 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
544
-64 (-11%) vs 2020
-8% since 2000-01, when it was 594
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 544 | 47.5 | 11.4:1 | 77% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 525 | 47.6 | 11.0:1 | 76% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 506 | 47 | 10.8:1 | 67% (341) |
| 2020-21 | 608 | 54 | 11.3:1 | 57% (346) |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 61 | 12.0:1 | 47% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 55 | 13.1:1 | 51% (367) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 46 | 12.7:1 | 39% (228) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 29 | 20.5:1 | 31% (184) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Georgetown School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (733 to 544); teachers down 22% (61 to 47.5).
About Georgetown School
At 1516 King George Blvd in Savannah, Georgia, Georgetown School operates as a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 544 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 8.
Georgetown School is among 58 schools run by Savannah-Chatham County, which serves 36,355 students.
By race and ethnicity, Georgetown School is 54% Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% White, 13% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Chatham County is roughly 39% Black. By the diversity index, Georgetown School comes in at 63%.
The school employs the equivalent of 47.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.4:1. Among elementary schools in Georgia, the typical ratio is 13.3:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 77%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Georgetown School is 4.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 42.1% actual, 37.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Georgetown School is located in Chatham County, where median household income is about $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 60 public schools in Chatham County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,380.
The closest other public school is Southwest Elementary School, about 2.6 miles away. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 42.1% is above the 22.1% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 608 in 2020-21 and 544 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Georgetown School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
- Southwest Elementary School2.6 mi · 769
- Southwest Middle School2.6 mi · 528
- Windsor Forest High School4.5 mi · 1,069
- Pulaski Elementary SChool4.5 mi · 1,147
- Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School4.7 mi · 216
- Windsor Forest Elementary School4.9 mi · 656
Frequently asked questions
About Georgetown SchoolHow large is Georgetown School?
Georgetown School enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-08.
Is Georgetown School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Georgetown School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Georgetown School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Georgetown School is approximately 11.4:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Georgetown School?
Student demographics at Georgetown School are roughly 22% White, 13% Hispanic, 54% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Georgetown School in?
Georgetown School is part of Savannah-Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.