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Enrollment
361
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000401
Haven Elementary School
5111 Dillon Ave, Savannah, GA 31405 · (912) 395-6501 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL361 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
353 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
1
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 | 40 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
22%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
11.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.4pp since 2021
Math
12.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.5% | 12.2% |
| 2023-24 | 16.4% | 13.9% |
| 2022-23 | 12.0% | 12.7% |
| 2021-22 | 11.1% | 6.2% |
% 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
13.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Haven Elementary School
Haven Elementary School's state test result (13.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haven Elementary School this school | 361 | 97.8% | 13.7% |
| Copeland Elementary School Augusta | 369 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| DeKalb Brilliance Academy Decatur | 357 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Wesley Heights Elementary School Columbus | 349 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| Bob Mathis Elementary School Decatur | 368 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| Columbia Elementary School Decatur | 364 | 100.0% | 16.2% |
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 Haven Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #1,162 of 1,208 | #33 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.2% | #1,179 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #33 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.5% | #1,184 of 1,215 ▼ 70 | #33 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #508 of 1,183 | #23 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 361 | #1,160 of 1,324 | #28 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #281 of 1,301 | #11 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #1,170 of 1,301 | #32 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.8% | #485 of 1,312 | #2 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #461 of 854 | #13 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
361
-72 (-17%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
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 | 361 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 98% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 95% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 415 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 98% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 91% (396) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 31 | 13.2:1 | 84% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 94% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 93% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 22 | 19.6:1 | 82% (351) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 31 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haven Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (410 to 361); teachers down 3% (31 to 30).
About Haven Elementary School
Haven Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Savannah, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 361 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Savannah-Chatham County enrolls 36,355 students, and its 58 schools include Haven Elementary School.
Roughly 88% of students at Haven Elementary School are Black. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 39% of Chatham County residents are Black. The diversity index for Haven Elementary School is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.0 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is 13.3:1. Haven Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 98%. The 74% average for public schools in Chatham County is 24 points lower.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Haven Elementary School would score about 26.8%. It scores 13.7%, 13.2 points below that figure.
For Chatham County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $71,097 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Haven Elementary School, Chatham County has 60 public schools.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, DeRenne Middle School, is the closest to Haven Elementary School. Haven Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 39.1% proficiency; Haven Elementary School posts 13.7%.
NCES assigns Haven Elementary School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 361, compared with 433 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.4:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.0:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Haven Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Haven Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Haven Elementary. Haven Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Haven ElemHaven, KS · 348 students
Nearby schools
- DeRenne Middle School0.9 mi · 484
- Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy1.1 mi · 441
- Hodge Elementary School1.3 mi · 420
- Jacob G. Smith Elementary School1.3 mi · 466
- Beach High School1.5 mi · 973
- Heard Elementary School1.6 mi · 636
Frequently asked questions
About Haven Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Haven Elementary School?
Haven Elementary School enrolls approximately 361 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Haven Elementary School serve?
Haven Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Haven Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Haven Elementary School.
How diverse is Haven Elementary School?
Haven Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 8% Hispanic, 88% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Haven Elementary School?
Haven Elementary School is overseen by Savannah-Chatham County in Chatham County.
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