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If you could change one rule at White Bluff Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
701
Elementary
DISTRICT 607 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAVANNAH-CHATHAM COUNTY·NCES 130102000377
White Bluff Elementary School
9402 White Bluff Road, Savannah, GA 31406 · (912) 395-3325 · Chatham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL701 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
598 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 | 90 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
54%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
12.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -4.0pp since 2021
Math
15.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.3pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.9% | 15.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 20.3% |
| 2022-23 | 17.9% | 17.7% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 15.7% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 White Bluff Elementary School
White Bluff Elementary School's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Bluff Elementary School this school | 701 | 85.3% | 17.9% |
| Waldo Pafford Elementary School Hinesville | 741 | 83.1% | 33.1% |
| Factory Shoals Elementary School Lithia Springs | 697 | 87.5% | 27.5% |
| Belair Elementary School Augusta | 675 | 82.4% | 21.7% |
| Windsor Forest Elementary School Savannah | 656 | 83.8% | 27.5% |
| Flat Shoals Elementary School Conyers | 639 | 91.1% | 27.8% |
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 White Bluff Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Chatham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #1,101 of 1,208 | #31 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #1,143 of 1,215 ▼ 110 | #30 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,174 of 1,215 ▼ 155 | #32 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.2pp | #268 of 1,183 | #7 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 701 | #370 of 1,324 | #9 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #959 of 1,301 | #28 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #690 of 1,301 | #20 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #643 of 1,312 | #15 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.2% | #255 of 386 | #6 of 8 |
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
701
+154 (+28%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 989
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 701 | 48.6 | 14.4:1 | 85% (598) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 85% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 662 | 44.1 | 15.0:1 | 87% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 42 | 13.0:1 | 84% (458) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 50 | 13.2:1 | 76% (503) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 52 | 12.3:1 | 83% (532) |
| 2010-11 | 666 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 78% (521) |
| 2000-01 | 875 | 44 | 19.9:1 | 50% (437) |
| 1990-91 | 989 | 67 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Bluff Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (660 to 701); teachers down 3% (50 to 48.6).
About White Bluff Elementary School
White Bluff Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Savannah, Georgia, under Savannah-Chatham County. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 701 students enrolled.
The district for White Bluff Elementary School is Savannah-Chatham County, with 58 schools and 36,355 students.
White Bluff Elementary School is 65% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That compares with about 39% Black among all Chatham County residents. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 14.4 students per teacher and 48.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Chatham County average 74%.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate on state tests near 33.3%. White Bluff Elementary School posts 17.9%, 15.4 points below that, which places it in the bottom 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Among Chatham County residents, the median household income is $71,097, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. White Bluff Elementary School is one of 60 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: The STEM Academy at Bartlett, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, White Bluff Elementary School ranks 8th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment at White Bluff Elementary School climbed 28% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 547 to 701 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.0:1 in 2020-21, and 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at White Bluff Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 White Bluff Elementary schools
One other US public school is named White Bluff Elementary. White Bluff Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- White Bluff ElementaryWhite Bluff, TN · 479 students
Nearby schools
- The STEM Academy at Bartlett0.7 mi · 625
- Largo-Tibet Elementary School0.8 mi · 611
- Windsor Forest Elementary School1.6 mi · 656
- Hesse School1.6 mi · 996
- Pulaski Elementary SChool1.7 mi · 1,147
- Windsor Forest High School1.8 mi · 1,069
Frequently asked questions
About White Bluff Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at White Bluff Elementary School?
White Bluff Elementary School enrolls approximately 701 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does White Bluff Elementary School serve?
White Bluff Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at White Bluff Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at White Bluff Elementary School.
How diverse is White Bluff Elementary School?
White Bluff Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 17% Hispanic, 65% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is White Bluff Elementary School in?
White Bluff Elementary School is part of Savannah-Chatham County.
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