White Bluff Elementary School

White Bluff Elementary School is one of the average-sized primary schools in Savannah, Georgia, part of Savannah-Chatham County, with 701 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

Demographically, White Bluff Elementary School lists that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 39% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at White Bluff Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Chatham County's rate of about 74%.

After controlling for student poverty, White Bluff Elementary School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.3%; this one comes in at 17.9%, -15.4 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Chatham County indicate median household income runs about $71,097, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chatham County's 60 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,380 students), White Bluff Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is The STEM Academy at Bartlett, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, White Bluff Elementary School comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.1%.

White Bluff Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 6%: 660 students in 2018 compared to 701 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 8% to 17% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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