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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000411
Isle of Hope School
100 Parkersburg Rd, Savannah, GA 31406 · (912) 395-6555 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
501 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 | 48 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 65 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (56).
Student demographics
48%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
19.4%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.5pp since 2021
Math
14.1%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.4% | 14.1% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 21.2% |
| 2022-23 | 18.2% | 16.6% |
| 2021-22 | 18.9% | 14.9% |
% 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
20.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Isle of Hope School
Isle of Hope School's state test result (20.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isle of Hope School this school | 569 | 88.0% | 20.8% |
| Lakeview Academy Milledgeville | 575 | 86.8% | 30.5% |
| Barksdale Elementary School Conyers | 495 | 87.3% | 31.3% |
| Honey Creek Elementary School Conyers | 471 | 86.4% | 28.4% |
| Otis J Brock III Elementary School Savannah | 568 | 88.7% | 21.4% |
| Lake Park Elementary School Albany | 494 | 84.6% | 48.4% |
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 Isle of Hope School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #1,030 of 1,208 | #26 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #1,157 of 1,215 ▼ 141 | #31 of 33 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #1,028 of 1,215 ▼ 47 | #25 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #414 of 1,183 | #8 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #683 of 1,324 | #15 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #294 of 1,301 | #12 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #820 of 1,301 | #23 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #608 of 1,312 | #12 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #86 of 854 | #4 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
569
-165 (-22%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 592
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 569 | 47 | 12.1:1 | 88% (501) |
| 2023-24 | 613 | 52 | 11.8:1 | 87% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 82% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 66% (484) |
| 2017-18 | 817 | 59 | 13.8:1 | 72% (588) |
| 2015-16 | 810 | 55 | 14.7:1 | 77% (621) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 52 | 12.8:1 | 62% (416) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 35 | 18.0:1 | 43% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 592 | 35 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Isle of Hope School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (817 to 569); teachers down 20% (59 to 47).
About Isle of Hope School
Isle of Hope School is a medium-sized elementary school in Savannah, Georgia, (ZIP code 31406). Enrollment in 2024-25 was 569 students in pre-K through 8.
Savannah-Chatham County is the local district for Isle of Hope School. It runs 58 schools with 36,355 students.
A majority of students at Isle of Hope School, 70%, are Black. Other reported shares: 12% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Chatham County's residents are about 39% Black, 31 points below the school's share. Isle of Hope School has a diversity index of 48%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 47 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.1:1. That ratio is under the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Around 88% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County, the school's rate is higher.
Isle of Hope School is graded D by allk12, scoring above 8% of Georgia public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 31.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Chatham County, median household income is about $71,097, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. A total of 60 public schools operate in Chatham County, serving about 36,380 students.
Of nearby public schools, Oglethorpe Charter School is the closest, at about 1.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 29.8% proficiency; Isle of Hope School posts 20.8%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Isle of Hope School went from 734 students to 569.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
Nearby schools
- Oglethorpe Charter School1.3 mi · 567
- Hesse School2.4 mi · 996
- UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center3.0 mi · 69
- Jenkins High School3.1 mi · 1,265
- The STEM Academy at Bartlett3.3 mi · 625
- School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low3.3 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Isle of Hope SchoolHow large is Isle of Hope School?
Isle of Hope School enrolls approximately 569 students in grades PK-08.
Is Isle of Hope School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Isle of Hope School is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does Isle of Hope School have?
Isle of Hope School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Isle of Hope School?
At Isle of Hope School, the student body is approximately 12% White, 9% Hispanic, 70% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Isle of Hope School public or private?
Isle of Hope School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Savannah-Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.