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Enrollment
568
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000366
Otis J Brock III Elementary School
1804 Stratford St, Savannah, GA 31415 · (912) 395-5300 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
14.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
504 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 | 47 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
45%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
17.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +9.8pp since 2021
Math
25.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +16.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.3% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 13.2% | 21.6% |
| 2021-22 | 7.5% | 9.0% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.5%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Otis J Brock III Elementary School
Otis J Brock III Elementary School's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otis J Brock III Elementary School this school | 568 | 88.7% | 21.4% |
| North Douglas Elementary School Douglasville | 537 | 88.3% | 28.7% |
| Flat Shoals Elementary School Conyers | 639 | 91.1% | 27.8% |
| Barksdale Elementary School Conyers | 495 | 87.3% | 31.3% |
| Butler Elementary School Savannah | 524 | 89.3% | 23.0% |
| Bright Star Elementary School Douglasville | 481 | 85.4% | 37.3% |
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 Otis J Brock III Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #1,009 of 1,208 | #25 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #958 of 1,215 ▼ 14 | #22 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #1,078 of 1,215 ▼ 68 | #29 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.1pp | #59 of 1,183 | #8 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #684 of 1,324 | #16 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #895 of 1,301 | #25 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #875 of 1,301 | #24 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.7% | #596 of 1,312 | #11 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #380 of 386 | #7 of 8 |
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
568
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 475
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 568 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 89% (504) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 89% (457) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 93% (503) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 92% (509) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 40.1 | 14.1:1 | 92% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 613 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 97% (594) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | 52 | 15.1:1 | 88% (693) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 33 | 16.3:1 | 62% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 475 | 37 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Otis J Brock III Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (566 to 568); teachers unchanged (40.1 to 40).
About Otis J Brock III Elementary School
Otis J Brock III Elementary School is an elementary school in Savannah, Georgia, according to federal school records. It serves 568 students in pre-K through 5.
Savannah-Chatham County includes 58 schools. Together they enroll 36,355 students.
A majority of students at Otis J Brock III Elementary School, 72%, are Black. Next come 17% Hispanic, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 39% Black. Otis J Brock III Elementary School has a diversity index of 45%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Otis J Brock III Elementary School counts 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.2 students for each one. The 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is lower than this school's figure. About 89% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. It compares with 74% for public schools in Chatham County.
allk12 grades Otis J Brock III Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Otis J Brock III Elementary School would score about 31.5%. It scores 21.4%, 10.1 points below that figure.
Among Chatham County residents, median household income is about $71,097, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 60 public schools in Chatham County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,380.
Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High School is located about 1.0 miles from Otis J Brock III Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Otis J Brock III Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Otis J Brock III Elementary School went from 554 students to 568. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.4:1 to 14.2:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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- Godley Station SchoolElementary · 1,585 students
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- New Hampstead High SchoolHigh · 1,123 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
- Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High School1.0 mi · 694
- Butler Elementary School1.5 mi · 524
- Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts1.6 mi · 770
- Gadsden Elementary School1.7 mi · 493
- Beach High School2.2 mi · 973
- Groves High School2.3 mi · 1,469
Frequently asked questions
About Otis J Brock III Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Otis J Brock III Elementary School?
Otis J Brock III Elementary School enrolls approximately 568 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Otis J Brock III Elementary School serve?
Otis J Brock III Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Otis J Brock III Elementary School have?
Otis J Brock III Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Otis J Brock III Elementary School?
Student demographics at Otis J Brock III Elementary School are roughly 6% White, 17% Hispanic, 72% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Otis J Brock III Elementary School?
Otis J Brock III Elementary School is overseen by Savannah-Chatham County in Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.