Haven Elementary School

Haven Elementary School is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in Savannah, Georgia, operated by Savannah-Chatham County, hosting 361 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Haven Elementary School sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

Haven Elementary School is one of 58 schools operated by Savannah-Chatham County, a district that instructs 36,355 students overall.

Demographically, Haven Elementary School lists that nearly all students (88%) are Black; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Haven Elementary School logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Chatham County's rate of about 74%.

After controlling for student poverty, Haven Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.8%, the actual is 13.7%, a residual of -13.2 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Chatham County) shows that 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), Haven Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DeRenne Middle School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Haven Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Haven Elementary School comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.1%.

Haven Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 410 students in 2018 compared to 361 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 96% to 88% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Haven Elementary School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.