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Alumni: what's one memory from Southwest Elementary School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
769
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102002302
Southwest Elementary School
6020 Ogeechee Rd, Savannah, GA 31419 · (912) 395-3300 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL769 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
603 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 77 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (110).
Student demographics
67%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
20.2%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.8pp since 2021
Math
31.6%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 up about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.2% | 31.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 25.9% |
| 2022-23 | 23.2% | 26.3% |
| 2021-22 | 19.4% | 28.8% |
% 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
25.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Southwest Elementary School
Southwest Elementary School's state test result (25.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Elementary School this school | 769 | 78.4% | 25.0% |
| Lovin Elementary School Lawrenceville | 856 | 72.4% | 48.7% |
| Joseph Martin Elementary School Hinesville | 720 | 76.0% | 31.0% |
| Centerville Elementary School Snellville | 655 | 82.6% | 33.8% |
| Annistown Elementary School Snellville | 686 | 78.3% | 37.7% |
| Brumby Elementary School Marietta | 963 | 78.3% | 22.4% |
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 Southwest Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #934 of 1,208 | #22 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.6% | #824 of 1,215 ▲ 99 | #17 of 33 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #1,007 of 1,215 ▼ 84 | #24 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #613 of 1,183 | #24 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 769 | #269 of 1,324 | #8 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,195 of 1,301 | #32 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.8% | #228 of 1,301 | #6 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.4% | #744 of 1,312 | #20 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #838 of 854 | #21 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
769
+58 (+8%) vs 2020
+25% since 2000-01, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 769 | 49 | 15.7:1 | 78% (603) |
| 2023-24 | 729 | 48 | 15.2:1 | 82% (596) |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 47.2 | 16.2:1 | 79% (606) |
| 2020-21 | 711 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 74% (528) |
| 2017-18 | 774 | 46 | 16.8:1 | 52% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 814 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 68% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | 52 | 14.7:1 | 61% (468) |
| 2000-01 | 613 | 27 | 22.7:1 | 44% (269) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (774 to 769); teachers up 7% (46 to 49).
About Southwest Elementary School
This page covers Southwest Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school in Savannah, Georgia. Enrolled students number 769 students, in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 27% higher than the average for elementary schools in Georgia, which is about 605.
Savannah-Chatham County runs 58 schools with a combined 36,355 students. Southwest Elementary School is one of them.
Southwest Elementary School has no majority group; Black students are the largest, at 49%. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic, 11% White, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among people living in Chatham County, the Black share is about 39%. Southwest Elementary School's diversity index is 67%, against a US figure of 70%.
Southwest Elementary School's 49 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 15.7:1. That is higher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 78%.
allk12 grades Southwest Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 36.8% for Southwest Elementary School. The school posts 25.0%, 11.8 points below the prediction.
In Chatham County (population about 300,879), the median household income is $71,097, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Southwest Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Southwest Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, Southwest Elementary School is behind the 39.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show an 8% enrollment increase, from 711 in 2020-21 to 769 in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Southwest Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Savannah
- Godley Station SchoolElementary · 1,585 students
- Jenkins High SchoolHigh · 1,265 students
- Pulaski Elementary SChoolElementary · 1,147 students
- Windsor Forest High SchoolHigh · 1,069 students
- Hesse SchoolElementary · 996 students
- Beach High SchoolHigh · 973 students
Other Southwest Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 14 states are named Southwest Elementary. Southwest Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 22.
- SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBAY SHORE, NY · 975 students
- Southwest ElementaryHigh Point, NC · 808 students
- Southwest Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 728 students
- Southwest ElementaryJacksonville, NC · 720 students
- Southwest ElementaryDurham, NC · 639 students
Nearby schools
- Southwest Middle School0.2 mi · 528
- Georgetown School2.6 mi · 544
- Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School5.1 mi · 216
- Richmond Hill Primary School5.1 mi · 733
- Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School5.3 mi · 658
- Richmond Hill Elementary School5.3 mi · 662
Frequently asked questions
About Southwest Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Southwest Elementary School?
Southwest Elementary School enrolls approximately 769 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Southwest Elementary School serve?
Southwest Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Southwest Elementary School have?
Southwest Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Southwest Elementary School?
At Southwest Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 27% Hispanic, 49% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Southwest Elementary School public or private?
Southwest Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Savannah-Chatham County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.