Shuman Elementary School

Shuman Elementary School is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in Savannah, Georgia, part of Savannah-Chatham County, with 482 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 20% below the state mean of about 605.

Savannah-Chatham County runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 36,355 students. Shuman Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Shuman Elementary School lists that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Chatham County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Shuman Elementary School has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Chatham County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Shuman Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.3%; this one delivers 25.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Chatham County put median household earnings sit near $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Chatham County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), Shuman Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Shuman Elementary School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 36%: 749 students in 2018 compared to 482 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 6% to 20%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.