Savannah Arts Academy

Savannah Arts Academy operates as a close-knit four-year high school in Savannah, Georgia, run under Savannah-Chatham County. Current enrollment sits at 801 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 28% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Savannah Arts Academy is one of 58 schools operated by Savannah-Chatham County, a district that educates 36,355 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Savannah Arts Academy lists that White students make up the majority at 56%. Other groups include 17% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

On the resource side, The school employs 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at Savannah Arts Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chatham County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Savannah Arts Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.2%, the actual is 64.9%, a residual of -2.3 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Chatham County indicate median household income runs about $71,097, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Chatham County runs 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), of which Savannah Arts Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ellis Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Savannah Arts Academy ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Savannah Arts Academy has shrank 12%, going from 913 students in 2018 to 801 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 64% to 56%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.