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Enrollment
539
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000363
May Howard Elementary School
115 Wilmington Island Rd, Savannah, GA 31410 · (912) 395-3925 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
162 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 | 57 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (72).
Student demographics
42%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
59.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +1.8pp since 2021
Math
68.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.6% | 68.8% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 74.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.6% | 68.9% |
| 2021-22 | 57.8% | 63.8% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 May Howard Elementary School
May Howard Elementary School's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| May Howard Elementary School this school | 539 | 30.1% | 66.3% |
| Eastside Elementary School Senoia | 602 | 33.9% | 56.3% |
| North Columbia Elementary School Appling | 460 | 30.0% | 73.9% |
| Mulberry Creek Elementary School Cataula | 529 | 35.5% | 55.2% |
| Turner Woods Elementary School Gray | 590 | 35.1% | 56.2% |
| Canongate Elementary School Sharpsburg | 645 | 28.2% | 65.0% |
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 May Howard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #128 of 1,208 | #2 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #144 of 1,215 ▼ 49 | #2 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.6% | #143 of 1,215 ▼ 33 | #3 of 33 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.4pp | #497 of 1,183 | #22 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #767 of 1,324 | #19 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #41 of 1,301 | #2 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.3% | #918 of 1,301 | #25 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #1,182 of 1,312 | #34 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #346 of 854 | #12 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
539
-32 (-6%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 1,420
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 539 | 54 | 10.0:1 | 30% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 52 | 10.9:1 | 33% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 50 | 10.9:1 | 28% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 571 | 54 | 10.6:1 | 26% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 53 | 12.1:1 | 27% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 743 | 53 | 14.0:1 | 30% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 837 | 57 | 14.7:1 | 23% (195) |
| 2000-01 | 920 | 48 | 19.2:1 | 22% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 1,420 | 79 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for May Howard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (639 to 539); teachers up 2% (53 to 54).
About May Howard Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in Savannah, Georgia, May Howard Elementary School is part of Savannah-Chatham County. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 539 students.
Within Savannah-Chatham County, May Howard Elementary School is one of 58 schools. The district enrolls 36,355 students.
May Howard Elementary School is 75% White by enrollment. Smaller groups are 10% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 47% of Chatham County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.0:1. That is lower than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 30%. The average for public schools in Chatham County is 74%.
May Howard Elementary School is 4.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (66.3% versus 61.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Census Bureau estimates for Chatham County show that the median household income is $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 60 public schools in Chatham County, enrolling about 36,380 students in all.
Islands High School is the public school closest to May Howard Elementary School, about 2.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.0%; May Howard Elementary School's is 66.3%, ranking 1st of 9.
Locale data from NCES put May Howard Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal data show a 6% enrollment decrease, from 571 in 2020-21 to 539 in 2024-25.
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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
- Islands High School2.4 mi · 752
- Marshpoint Elementary School2.6 mi · 603
- Coastal Middle School2.8 mi · 486
- Johnson High School4.6 mi · 762
- Isle of Hope School5.0 mi · 569
- Myers Middle School5.2 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About May Howard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at May Howard Elementary School?
May Howard Elementary School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does May Howard Elementary School serve?
May Howard Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does May Howard Elementary School have?
May Howard Elementary School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at May Howard Elementary School?
At May Howard Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is May Howard Elementary School in?
May Howard Elementary School is part of Savannah-Chatham County.
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