Rice Creek School

Rice Creek School is an elementary school of sprawling scale in Port Wentworth, Georgia, one of the schools within Savannah-Chatham County, instructing 1,011 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 67% above the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

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

On demographics, Rice Creek School shows that Black students make up the majority at 59%; the rest consists of 21% Hispanic, 11% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Chatham County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Rice Creek School shows 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Rice Creek School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 26.1%.

Zooming out to the county, Chatham County reports that median household income runs about $71,097, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chatham County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), Rice Creek School is one campus in the mix.

Godley Station School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.9 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rice Creek School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.4%.

Rice Creek School operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. Rice Creek School's enrollment has edged up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 894 (now 1,011). The White share of enrollment decreased from 21% to 11% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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