Isle of Hope School

Located at 100 Parkersburg Rd, in Savannah, Georgia, Isle of Hope School is a medium-sized elementary-level community that enrolls 569 students (grades pre-K through 8), run under Savannah-Chatham County.

Within Savannah-Chatham County, which oversees 58 schools and 36,355 students, Isle of Hope School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Isle of Hope School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 70% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 12% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Isle of Hope School logs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.1:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at Isle of Hope School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chatham County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Isle of Hope School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 20.8%, a residual of -11.0 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Chatham County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $71,097 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Chatham County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), of which Isle of Hope School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Oglethorpe Charter School, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Isle of Hope School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Isle of Hope School's enrollment has ticked down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 817 (now 569). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 22% to 12%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.