Schools in Dutch Island · Chatham County School District

Dutch Island’s public schools score below 73% of Georgia districts on tests and graduation

On the state math tests, 22% of Dutch Island’s students scored proficient, below the Georgia average (37%). The grade covers the public school district serving Dutch Island, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Georgia, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Georgia state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

25%

▼ 15 pts vs GA 40%

2021–22

Math proficiency

22%

▼ 15 pts vs GA 37%

2021–22

Graduate on time

89%

▲ 5 pts vs GA 84%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$17.8K

▲ 12% vs GA $15.8K

FY2024

Students per teacher

13.2

GA 14.3 · smaller classes

Schools in town

32,491 students on the public path

In brief

Dutch Island’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 29 Georgia towns with household incomes within a quarter of Dutch Island’s, its schools beat 10%, lower than their 27% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 25% of tested students were proficient in reading and 22% in math, against 40% and 37% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

89% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 84% across Georgia. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $17,758 per student, against $15,800 across Georgia (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

29 elementary schools, then 19 middle and 13 high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Dutch Island’s grade

C⁻ Test scoresC⁺ Graduation

C: better than 27% of Georgia school districts. Graduation is above the Georgia average; test scores are below it.

Georgia school districts we grade (220)Better than 27%

Lower resultsHigher results

Georgia towns with similar household incomes (29)Better than 10%

A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 18,466 test results and a graduating class of 2,347 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 98% of Dutch Island’s students in the tested grades sat them (18,617 in math, 18,314 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Dutch Island, with each school’s own grade.

29 schools teach K in Dutch Island’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A−, so check the specific school.

Godley Station School

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Savannah

C⁺

1,585 students15:1Rate it →

Pulaski Elementary SChool

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Savannah

1,147 students15:1Rate it →

New Hampstead K-8 School

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Bloomingdale

1,118 students14:1Rate it →

Rice Creek School

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Port Wentworth

1,011 students14:1Rate it →

Hesse School

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Savannah

996 students13:1Rate it →

West Chatham Elementary School

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Pooler

796 students15:1Rate it →

Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts

Dutch Island’s public schools score below 73% of Georgia districts on tests and graduation

Dutch Island’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

29 elementary schools, then 19 middle and 13 high schools

What’s behind Dutch Island’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Well below the state in reading

Dutch Island vs. its neighbors

Every school in Dutch Island

Questions about Dutch Island’s schools

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