The STEM Academy at Bartlett

The STEM Academy at Bartlett is one of the compact junior highs in Savannah, Georgia, operated by Savannah-Chatham County, with 625 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Across the 58 schools in Savannah-Chatham County (36,355 students total), The STEM Academy at Bartlett accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, The STEM Academy at Bartlett records that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 29% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, The STEM Academy at Bartlett has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting The STEM Academy at Bartlett tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Chatham County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, The STEM Academy at Bartlett tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Chatham County put median household earnings sit near $71,097, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. The STEM Academy at Bartlett is one of 60 public schools in Chatham County (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students).

White Bluff Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around The STEM Academy at Bartlett. On composite proficiency, The STEM Academy at Bartlett comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 28.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at The STEM Academy at Bartlett has contracted 11%, going from 703 students in 2018 to 625 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 51% to 29%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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