May Howard Elementary School

Set in Savannah, Georgia, May Howard Elementary School is an average-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within Savannah-Chatham County. It enrolls 539 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Savannah-Chatham County runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 36,355 students. May Howard Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, May Howard Elementary School lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 47% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, May Howard Elementary School lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Chatham County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), May Howard Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.8%; this one delivers 66.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Chatham County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,097 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. May Howard Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students).

Nearest neighbor: Islands High School, around 2.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around May Howard Elementary School. On composite proficiency, May Howard Elementary School comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at May Howard Elementary School has declined 16%, going from 639 students in 2018 to 539 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 82% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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