Savannah Standard

Among the many ethnicities represented in Chatham County schools, African American was the most prevalent among Chatham County students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Georgia Department of Education.

Of the 34,131 students attending Chatham County schools, 56.5% were African American. White students were the second most common ethnicity, making up 20.4% of Chatham County student body.

In the previous school year, African American students were also the most common group in Chatham County, representing 57.2% of the student body.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased 0.1% when compared to the previous year.

According to the Georgia Department of Education, over 1.6 million students were enrolled in Georgia's public schools during the 2021-22 school year. The state boasted a diverse and closely distributed student body across grade levels, with roughly 44% of the students in elementary, 24.5% in middle school, and 31.5% in high schools.

The state also registered an ethnically diverse student body, with 34.4% of the students identified as white, 36.5% as Black, 17.1% as Hispanic, and 4.5% as Asian.

School name	Most prevalent ethnic group	% of Total Student Population	Total Enrollment
Gadsden Elementary School	African American	95%	432
Butler Elementary School	African American	88%	418
Beach High School	African American	84%	861
The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High	African American	88%	666
Oglethorpe Charter School	African American	82%	601
DeRenne Middle School	African American	91%	533
Haven Elementary School	African American	94%	357
Susie King Taylor Community School	African American	77%	289
Bloomingdale Elementary School	White	57%	264
Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School	African American	54%	60
New Hampstead High School	African American	52%	1,324
Rice Creek School	African American	59%	1,125
Jenkins High School	African American	60%	1,077
West Chatham Middle School	African American	45%	973
Windsor Forest High School	African American	67%	953
Groves High School	African American	61%	943
Savannah Arts Academy	White	58%	893
Islands High School	White	63%	835
New Hampstead K-8 School	African American	47%	816
Southwest Middle School	African American	64%	767
West Chatham Elementary School	African American	51%	743
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts	African American	48%	741
Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High School	African American	66%	657
Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy	African American	68%	656
The STEM Academy at Bartlett	African American	43%	650
White Bluff Elementary School	African American	72%	622
School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low	African American	80%	600
Heard Elementary School	African American	66%	585
Isle of Hope School	African American	71%	581
Marshpoint Elementary School	White	54%	581
Coastal Middle School	White	56%	549
Largo-Tibet Elementary School	African American	66%	546
Shuman Elementary School	African American	83%	516
Georgetown School	African American	55%	515
Otis J. Brock III Elementary School	African American	81%	504
May Howard Elementary School	White	76%	485
Myers Middle School	African American	85%	466
Andrea B. Williams Elementary School	African American	91%	455
Hubert Middle School	African American	87%	452
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School	African American	45%	435
Tybee Island Maritime Academy School	White	85%	414
Windsor Forest Elementary School	African American	61%	405
Mercer Middle School	African American	60%	402
Ellis Elementary School	White	51%	391
Pooler Elementary School	White	37%	377
Hodge Elementary School	African American	91%	362
Savannah Classical Academy Charter School	African American	55%	301
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School	African American	39%	210
Henderson E. Formey Jr. Early Learning Center	African American	81%	190
Savannah Early College High School	African American	69%	139
UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center	White	54%	34
Godley Station School	African American	48%	1,099
Hesse School	White	38%	975
Gould Elementary School	Hispanic	47%	802
Johnson High School	African American	85%	712
Southwest Elementary School	African American	51%	706
Pulaski Elementary SChool	African American	42%	564
Garden City Elementary School	Hispanic	54%	522