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Enrollment
603
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102002054
Marshpoint Elementary School
135 Whitemarsh Island Rd, Savannah, GA 31410 · (912) 395-4000 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL603 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
311 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 | 50 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
59%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
55.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +13.2pp since 2021
Math
64.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +19.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 64.6% |
| 2023-24 | 60.8% | 61.9% |
| 2022-23 | 43.5% | 54.4% |
| 2021-22 | 42.3% | 44.7% |
% 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
61.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Marshpoint Elementary School
Marshpoint Elementary School's state test result (61.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshpoint Elementary School this school | 603 | 51.6% | 61.9% |
| Poplar Road Elementary School Sharpsburg | 656 | 48.2% | 39.9% |
| Temple Elementary School Temple | 666 | 50.0% | 47.9% |
| Matilda Harris Elementary School Kingsland | 662 | 46.4% | 62.0% |
| New Hope Elementary Locust Grove | 621 | 58.8% | 45.2% |
| Wright Elementary School Moultrie | 554 | 50.5% | 57.1% |
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 Marshpoint Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.9% | #179 of 1,208 | #4 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #189 of 1,215 ▲ 30 | #3 of 33 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #195 of 1,215 ▼ 30 | #5 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.6pp | #24 of 1,183 | #5 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 603 | #592 of 1,324 | #13 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #123 of 1,301 | #5 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.7% | #531 of 1,301 | #18 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #1,020 of 1,312 | #29 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.6% | #102 of 854 | #5 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
603
-75 (-11%) vs 2020
-21% since 2000-01, when it was 766
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 603 | 54.6 | 11.0:1 | 52% (311) |
| 2023-24 | 645 | 53 | 12.2:1 | 54% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 56 | 11.6:1 | 47% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | 57 | 11.9:1 | 45% (303) |
| 2017-18 | 845 | 62 | 13.6:1 | 40% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 870 | 59 | 14.8:1 | 34% (300) |
| 2010-11 | 897 | 64 | 14.0:1 | 30% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 766 | 43 | 17.8:1 | 32% (242) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Marshpoint Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (845 to 603); teachers down 12% (62 to 54.6).
About Marshpoint Elementary School
Marshpoint Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Savannah, Georgia. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 603 students.
Savannah-Chatham County counts 58 schools and 36,355 students, including Marshpoint Elementary School.
About 59% of the student body at Marshpoint Elementary School is White. Enrollment also includes 22% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Chatham County, the White share is about 47%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
The school lists 54.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 311 students, or 52%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Chatham County is 74%.
Marshpoint Elementary School scores 61.9% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.7%.
American Community Survey 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 Marshpoint Elementary School.
About 0.2 miles separate Marshpoint Elementary School from the closest public school, Coastal Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Marshpoint Elementary School places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Marshpoint Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Marshpoint Elementary School enrolled 678 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 603.
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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
- Hesse SchoolElementary · 996 students
- Beach High SchoolHigh · 973 students
Nearby schools
- Coastal Middle School0.2 mi · 486
- Islands High School0.3 mi · 752
- May Howard Elementary School2.6 mi · 539
- Johnson High School2.9 mi · 762
- Savannah Early College High School3.1 mi · 151
- The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High3.2 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Marshpoint Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Marshpoint Elementary School?
Marshpoint Elementary School enrolls approximately 603 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Marshpoint Elementary School serve?
Marshpoint Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Marshpoint Elementary School?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at Marshpoint Elementary School.
How diverse is Marshpoint Elementary School?
Marshpoint Elementary School reports a student body of 59% White, 7% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Marshpoint Elementary School?
Marshpoint Elementary School is overseen by Savannah-Chatham County in Chatham County.
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