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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000385
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School
210 Lamara Dr, Savannah, GA 31405 · (912) 395-6530 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Georgia public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
12.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
221 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 | 27 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
65%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
51.6%
GA avg 40.1% . -3.1pp since 2021
Math
48.9%
GA avg 44.6% . -9.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.6% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 59.3% |
| 2022-23 | 60.4% | 62.8% |
| 2021-22 | 54.6% | 58.3% |
% 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
53.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Jacob G. Smith Elementary School
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School's state test result (53.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob G. Smith Elementary School this school | 466 | 47.4% | 53.4% |
| Burgess-Peterson Elementary School Atlanta | 580 | 48.4% | 63.1% |
| Cleveland Elementary School Fayetteville | 414 | 47.3% | 53.8% |
| Matt Arthur Primary School Perry | 521 | 44.3% | N/A |
| Ellis Elementary School Savannah | 419 | 41.5% | 39.7% |
| Mattie Wells Elementary School Macon | 584 | 53.6% | 31.6% |
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 Jacob G. Smith Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #288 of 1,208 | #6 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #435 of 1,215 ▼ 170 | #6 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #250 of 1,215 ▼ 15 | #6 of 33 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.2pp | #89 of 1,183 | #2 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #936 of 1,324 | #23 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #332 of 1,301 | #14 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #310 of 1,301 | #11 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #1,061 of 1,312 | #31 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #612 of 854 | #17 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
466
+44 (+10%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 466 | 38 | 12.3:1 | 47% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 36.7 | 12.8:1 | 51% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 48% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 35 | 12.1:1 | 43% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 39.5 | 12.8:1 | 37% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 36 | 14.7:1 | 45% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 55% (217) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 22 | 16.3:1 | 56% (200) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 32 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jacob G. Smith Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (505 to 466); teachers down 4% (39.5 to 38).
About Jacob G. Smith Elementary School
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School is an elementary school in Savannah, Georgia, and it is part of Savannah-Chatham County. The school counted 466 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 23% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Georgia (about 605).
District-wide, Savannah-Chatham County has 58 schools and 36,355 students.
The student body at Jacob G. Smith Elementary School has no majority group. Black students lead at 45%. The remaining shares are 37% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 12.3:1 is based on 38 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. In all, 47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Chatham County report 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Jacob G. Smith Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 58% of Georgia public elementary schools.
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 53.4%, compared with a predicted 52.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Georgia schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Chatham County show that the median household earns about $71,097 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Chatham County has 60 public schools with about 36,380 students, including Jacob G. Smith Elementary School.
Among nearby public schools, Ellis Elementary School is closest at about 0.7 miles. Jacob G. Smith Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 53.4% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Jacob G. Smith Elementary School enrolled 422 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 466.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Jacob G. Smith Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
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- Godley Station SchoolElementary · 1,585 students
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- New Hampstead High SchoolHigh · 1,123 students
- New Hampstead K-8 SchoolElementary · 1,118 students
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- 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
- Ellis Elementary School0.7 mi · 419
- Savannah Arts Academy0.8 mi · 801
- DeRenne Middle School1.2 mi · 484
- Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy1.3 mi · 441
- Heard Elementary School1.3 mi · 636
- Haven Elementary School1.3 mi · 361
Frequently asked questions
About Jacob G. Smith Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Jacob G. Smith Elementary School?
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School enrolls approximately 466 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Jacob G. Smith Elementary School serve?
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Jacob G. Smith Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Jacob G. Smith Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jacob G. Smith Elementary School?
At Jacob G. Smith Elementary School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 7% Hispanic, 45% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Jacob G. Smith Elementary School in?
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School is part of Savannah-Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.