West Chatham Elementary School

West Chatham Elementary School, a mid-tier primary school in Pooler, Georgia, one of the schools within Savannah-Chatham County, serves 796 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so West Chatham Elementary School sits 32% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 58 schools in Savannah-Chatham County (36,355 students total), West Chatham Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, West Chatham Elementary School lists that 59% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 15% White, 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Chatham County as a whole is about 39% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, West Chatham Elementary School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, West Chatham Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.5%; this one delivers 29.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Chatham County shows 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%. Across Chatham County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), West Chatham Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

West Chatham Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), West Chatham Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at West Chatham Elementary School has fell 6%, going from 850 students in 2018 to 796 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 33% to 15% across the same window.

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