Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000409
Pooler Elementary School
308 Holly Ave, Pooler, GA 31322 · (912) 395-3625 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
291 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
0
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 | 2 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
71%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
28.7%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.4pp since 2021
Math
26.2%
GA avg 44.6% . -6.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.7% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 34.1% | 27.4% |
| 2022-23 | 29.4% | 28.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.1% | 32.4% |
% 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
28.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Pooler Elementary School
Pooler Elementary School's state test result (28.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pooler Elementary School this school | 340 | 85.6% | 28.7% |
| Benteen Elementary School Atlanta | 329 | 88.4% | 33.2% |
| Jordan Hill Road Elementary School Griffin | 396 | 84.3% | 26.5% |
| Midvale Elementary School Tucker | 417 | 78.7% | 41.4% |
| Beaverbrook Elementary School Griffin | 318 | 91.8% | 21.4% |
| Savannah Classical Academy Charter School Savannah | 349 | 93.1% | 70.5% |
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 Pooler Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #840 of 1,208 | #17 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #940 of 1,215 ▼ 40 | #20 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.7% | #762 of 1,215 ▼ 102 | #15 of 33 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.3pp | #209 of 1,183 | #4 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #1,197 of 1,324 | #31 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #131 of 1,301 | #7 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #84 of 1,301 | #1 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.6% | #638 of 1,312 | #14 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #122 of 854 | #6 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
340
-101 (-23%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
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 | 340 | 30.5 | 11.2:1 | 86% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 357 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 75% (269) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 68% (269) |
| 2020-21 | 441 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 58% (255) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 38 | 12.3:1 | 51% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 60% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 454 | 38 | 11.9:1 | 53% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 28 | 18.4:1 | 32% (165) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 37 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pooler Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (466 to 340); teachers down 20% (38 to 30.5).
About Pooler Elementary School
Pooler Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Pooler, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 340 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.
Across its 58 schools, Savannah-Chatham County enrolls 36,355 students. Pooler Elementary School is one of those schools.
Black students account for 36% of enrollment at Pooler Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups include 29% White, 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Chatham County residents are about 39% Black, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 71%.
Pooler Elementary School has 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 2.2 students per teacher. At Pooler Elementary School, 86% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in Chatham County, the school's rate is higher.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 28.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 33.1%.
In the wider Chatham County area, median household income comes to about $71,097, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chatham County counts 60 public schools with about 36,380 students.
Measured in a straight line, West Chatham Elementary School is about 1.9 miles from Pooler Elementary School. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 28.7% is below the 29.6% average for nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Pooler Elementary School had a net loss of 101 students, or 23%.
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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 Pooler
- West Chatham Elementary SchoolElementary · 796 students
- West Chatham Middle SchoolMiddle · 713 students
Nearby schools
- West Chatham Elementary School1.9 mi · 796
- West Chatham Middle School1.9 mi · 713
- Bloomingdale Elementary School2.9 mi · 350
- Godley Station School3.8 mi · 1,585
- New Hampstead High School5.1 mi · 1,123
- Garden City Elementary School5.4 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Pooler Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pooler Elementary School?
Pooler Elementary School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Pooler Elementary School serve?
Pooler Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pooler Elementary School have?
Pooler Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Pooler Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pooler Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 26% Hispanic, 36% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Pooler Elementary School public or private?
Pooler Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Savannah-Chatham County.
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