Gould Elementary School

Gould Elementary School operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Savannah, Georgia, operated by Savannah-Chatham County. Current enrollment sits at 559 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Savannah-Chatham County runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 36,355 students. Gould Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Gould Elementary School lists that 42% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 38% Hispanic, 11% White, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Gould Elementary School records 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Chatham County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gould Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.8%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Chatham County put median household earnings sit near $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), Gould Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Gould Elementary School comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 21.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 804 students in 2018 compared to 559 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 29% to 11% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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