Oglethorpe Charter School

Oglethorpe Charter School is one of the intimate 6-8 campuss in Savannah, Georgia, operated by Savannah-Chatham County, with 567 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 763 students.

Within Savannah-Chatham County, which oversees 58 schools and 36,355 students, Oglethorpe Charter School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Oglethorpe Charter School logs that nearly all students (86%) are Black; the rest comes out to 5% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Chatham County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Oglethorpe Charter School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 32.0%; Oglethorpe Charter School posts 18.1%, -13.8 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Chatham County shows median household earnings sit near $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Chatham County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), Oglethorpe Charter School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Isle of Hope School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oglethorpe Charter School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oglethorpe Charter School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.0%.

Oglethorpe Charter School operates from a high-density location. As a public charter, Oglethorpe Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 599 students in 2018 compared to 567 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share grew from 66% to 86%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Oglethorpe Charter School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.