Chatham County School District
Serves Savannah, Pooler, Port Wentworth, Garden City, Tybee Island, Bloomingdale, Thunderbolt and Vernonburg.
Savannah’s School Grade C better than 27% of Georgia school districts
What stands out about Chatham County School District
- Its letter, C: results better than 26% of Georgia districts
- Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
- Reading proficiency 15 pts below the state
- Spends 12% more per student than the GA average
- 13 students per teacher
What this district adds to its towns’ grade
C: better than 26% of the 220 Georgia school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Savannah. Grade by grade →
Test scores vs. GA
2021–22 · class of 202398% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.
Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
About steady since 2020–21.
Schools in the district
57 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Georgia’s other public schools.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Georgia.