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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102004196

Savannah Early College High School

400 Pennsylvania Ave, Savannah, GA 31404 · (912) 395-2535 · Chatham County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL151 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of Georgia public high schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

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 high schools

Enrollment
151
High
DISTRICT 809 · STATE 1,120
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
92 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 95033%
Grade 103624%
Grade 112718%
Grade 123825%
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 71% · US 70%
White
1812%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 34% · US 43%
Hispanic
2114%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 19% · US 30%
Black
9764%
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 36% · US 15%
Asian
32%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 5% · US 6%
Two+
128%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 5% · US 5%
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
Male
6644%
Female
8556%

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Test scores

Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or Distinguished
Math
34.6%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.8pp since 2021

What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school do math at grade level. The Georgia average is about 45 of 100. Math scores are down about 4 points since 2021.

Georgia Milestones results by year

School yearMath
2024-2534.6%
2023-2435.7%
2022-2320.6%
2021-2238.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Savannah Early College High School

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Savannah Early College High School this school15160.9%57.5%
EXCEL Academy
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21366.7%4.8%
Twiggs County High School
Jeffersonville
23074.8%18.9%
Statesboro STEAM Academy
Statesboro
19563.6%N/A
Impact Academy High School
McDonough
44949.0%N/A
Promise Career Institute School
College Park
24776.9%N/A
Matched among Georgia high 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 Savannah Early College High School ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn GeorgiaIn Chatham County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
57.5%#79 of 411#3 of 11
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
34.6%#225 of 417
▼ 18
#4 of 11
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
151#423 of 480#11 of 13
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
60.9%#265 of 425#8 of 11
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-32.9%#7 of 168#1 of 6
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25
Enrollment
151
-41 (-21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 19.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2515112.112.5:161% (92)
2023-2414511.113.1:157% (83)
2022-2315110.114.9:162% (94)
2020-211921019.2:151% (97)
2017-1822513.516.7:148% (107)
2015-162311219.3:157% (131)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Savannah Early College High School.

Since 2017-18: students down 33% (225 to 151); teachers down 10% (13.5 to 12.1).

About Savannah Early College High School

Savannah Early College High School is a small high school in Savannah, Georgia. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 151 students. The average for high schools in Georgia is about 1,120 students, so this school is 87% smaller than average.

Within Savannah-Chatham County, Savannah Early College High School is one of 58 schools. The district enrolls 36,355 students.

Black students make up a majority at Savannah Early College High School, at 64%. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic, 12% White, and 8% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Chatham County's population at about 39%. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The teaching staff at Savannah Early College High School is 12.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.5:1. This ratio sits 2.7 below the 15.2:1 average for high schools in Georgia. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 61%. The rate at public schools in Chatham County averages 74%, higher than here.

Measured against Georgia public high schools, Savannah Early College High School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, Savannah Early College High School falls in the middle 80% of Georgia schools: 57.5% actual against 45.9% predicted.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Chatham County show that the median household income is $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Savannah Early College High School is one of 60 public schools in the county.

The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High is located less than a tenth of a mile from Savannah Early College High School. The five-mile area around Savannah Early College High School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 33.6%, lower than Savannah Early College High School's 57.5%.

In the federal locale system, Savannah Early College High School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school enrolled 151 students in 2024-25, 41 fewer than the 192 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.2:1 to 12.5:1.

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Chatham County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Savannah Early College High School
District
Savannah-Chatham County
Address
400 Pennsylvania Ave, Savannah, GA 31404
Phone
(912) 395-2535
County
Chatham County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
151
Teachers (FTE)
12
Student–teacher ratio
12.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
92 (61%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
130102004196
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Savannah Early College High School
How many students attend Savannah Early College High School?
Savannah Early College High School enrolls approximately 151 students in grades 09-12.
Is Savannah Early College High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Savannah Early College High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Savannah Early College High School have?
Savannah Early College High School employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Savannah Early College High School?
Student demographics at Savannah Early College High School are roughly 12% White, 14% Hispanic, 64% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Savannah Early College High School in?
Savannah Early College High School is part of Savannah-Chatham County.
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