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Enrollment
996
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000400
Hesse School
9116 Whitefield Ave, Savannah, GA 31406 · (912) 395-6440 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL996 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
705 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 | 52 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 105 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 95 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 88 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 19% larger than its 8th grade class (88).
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
34.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +8.5pp since 2021
Math
39.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +9.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.5% | 39.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.9% | 33.6% |
| 2022-23 | 25.5% | 31.8% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 30.6% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Hesse School
Hesse School's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hesse School this school | 996 | 70.8% | 34.6% |
| Kennedy Elementary School Winder | 764 | 68.3% | 33.5% |
| Yargo Elementary School Winder | 782 | 64.7% | 30.2% |
| Long County Primary School Ludowici | 905 | 78.3% | N/A |
| R. M. Moore Elementary School Waleska | 1,042 | 65.4% | 37.8% |
| Dacula Elementary School Dacula | 1,159 | 64.4% | 40.0% |
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 Hesse School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #681 of 1,208 | #12 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #620 of 1,215 ▲ 132 | #10 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #608 of 1,215 ▲ 114 | #12 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.8pp | #187 of 1,183 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 996 | #82 of 1,324 | #5 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #617 of 1,301 | #20 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #118 of 1,301 | #4 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.8% | #823 of 1,312 | #27 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #173 of 854 | #8 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
996
-158 (-14%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,029
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 996 | 75 | 13.3:1 | 71% (705) |
| 2023-24 | 995 | 72 | 13.8:1 | 70% (692) |
| 2022-23 | 1,022 | 74 | 13.8:1 | 63% (641) |
| 2020-21 | 1,154 | 82 | 14.1:1 | 49% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 1,300 | 79.5 | 16.4:1 | 38% (499) |
| 2015-16 | 1,096 | 68 | 16.1:1 | 41% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 869 | 59 | 14.7:1 | 36% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 809 | 43 | 18.8:1 | 44% (360) |
| 1990-91 | 1,029 | 53 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hesse School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,300 to 996); teachers down 6% (79.5 to 75).
About Hesse School
Hesse School is an elementary school in Savannah, Georgia, reachable at (912) 395-6440. It covers pre-K through 8, with a total enrollment of 996 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
Hesse School is part of Savannah-Chatham County, where 58 schools serve 36,355 students.
White students are the largest group at Hesse School, with 36% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 35% Hispanic, 22% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Chatham County as a whole is about 47% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at Hesse School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Federal staffing data show 75 full-time-equivalent teachers at Hesse School and a ratio of 13.3:1. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average ratio is about 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 71% of students. That is close to the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County.
After adjusting for student poverty, Hesse School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.6%; the prediction is 40.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Chatham County show that median household income is about $71,097, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 60 public schools in Chatham County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,380.
The STEM Academy at Bartlett is the public school closest to Hesse School, about 1.4 miles away. Hesse School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Hesse School ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.6% against a local average of 27.3%.
The NCES locale for Hesse School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 1,154 to 996 over 4 years.
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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
- Beach High SchoolHigh · 973 students
- Savannah Arts AcademyHigh · 801 students
Nearby schools
- The STEM Academy at Bartlett1.4 mi · 625
- White Bluff Elementary School1.6 mi · 701
- Oglethorpe Charter School2.0 mi · 567
- Isle of Hope School2.4 mi · 569
- UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center2.4 mi · 69
- Largo-Tibet Elementary School2.4 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Hesse SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hesse School?
Hesse School enrolls approximately 996 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Hesse School serve?
Hesse School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Hesse School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Hesse School.
How diverse is Hesse School?
Hesse School reports a student body of 36% White, 35% Hispanic, 22% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hesse School?
Hesse School is overseen by Savannah-Chatham County in Chatham County.
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