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Enrollment
1,585
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102003972
Godley Station School
2135 Benton Blvd, Savannah, GA 31407 · (912) 395-6000 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,585 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
14.9:1
107 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
964 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 | 31 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 172 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 165 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 168 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 187 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 168 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 192 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 168 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 180 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 154 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (172) is 12% larger than its 8th grade class (154).
Student demographics
70%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
36.8%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.9pp since 2021
Math
32.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +3.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.8% | 32.4% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.8% | 31.9% |
| 2021-22 | 32.8% | 28.6% |
% 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Godley Station School
Godley Station School's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godley Station School this school | 1,585 | 60.8% | 37.1% |
| Trip Elementary School Grayson | 1,589 | 59.9% | 60.8% |
| Starling Elementary School Grayson | 1,340 | 57.4% | 59.0% |
| Harbins Elementary School Dacula | 1,320 | 55.6% | 48.4% |
| Cooper Elementary School Loganville | 1,520 | 57.6% | 50.8% |
| Alcova Elementary School Dacula | 1,467 | 70.1% | 40.4% |
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 Godley Station School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #612 of 1,208 | #11 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #803 of 1,215 ▼ 106 | #15 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #547 of 1,215 ▼ 39 | #10 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #468 of 1,183 | #21 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,585 | #5 of 1,324 | #1 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,067 of 1,301 | #31 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #110 of 1,301 | #3 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.8% | #935 of 1,312 | #28 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #828 of 854 | #20 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
1,585
-17 (-1%) vs 2020
+28% since 2010-11, when it was 1,243
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,585 | 106.5 | 14.9:1 | 61% (964) |
| 2023-24 | 1,133 | 78.1 | 14.5:1 | 55% (627) |
| 2022-23 | 1,135 | 78.9 | 14.4:1 | 49% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 1,602 | 111 | 14.4:1 | 36% (576) |
| 2017-18 | 1,602 | 98.2 | 16.3:1 | 27% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 1,374 | 92 | 14.9:1 | 32% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 1,243 | 75 | 16.6:1 | 38% (471) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Godley Station School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,602 to 1,585); teachers up 8% (98.2 to 106.5).
About Godley Station School
Godley Station School is a large elementary school in Savannah, Georgia, one of the schools in Savannah-Chatham County. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 1,585 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Georgia enroll about 605 students on average.
Savannah-Chatham County enrolls 36,355 students, and its 58 schools include Godley Station School.
The largest group at Godley Station School is Black students, at 46%. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 19% White, 8% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
Godley Station School reports a ratio of 14.9 students per teacher, from 106.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 13.3:1. Lunch program data show 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County, the school's rate is lower.
Godley Station School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Georgia public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Godley Station School is 8.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Georgia schools.
The school's county is Chatham County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $71,097 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Godley Station School shares Chatham County with 59 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, South Effingham Elementary School, is about 3.7 miles. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Godley Station School is 5th among 9 schools close by.
Godley Station School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 1,585, starting from 1,602.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- 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
- Windsor Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,069 students
Other schools in Savannah
- 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
- Savannah Arts AcademyHigh · 801 students
Nearby schools
- South Effingham Elementary School3.7 mi · 863
- Pooler Elementary School3.8 mi · 340
- Rice Creek School3.9 mi · 1,011
- Bloomingdale Elementary School5.0 mi · 350
- West Chatham Elementary School5.7 mi · 796
- West Chatham Middle School5.7 mi · 713
Frequently asked questions
About Godley Station SchoolHow large is Godley Station School?
Godley Station School enrolls approximately 1,585 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Godley Station School serve?
Godley Station School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Godley Station School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Godley Station School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Godley Station School?
At Godley Station School, the student body is approximately 19% White, 19% Hispanic, 46% Black, 8% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Godley Station School?
Godley Station 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.