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Savannah-Chatham County

A public school district in Savannah, Georgia, with 57 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

35,744
Students enrolled
2,758.1
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
5,636.5
All staff, full-time equivalent
$15,342
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 35,744 in 2024–25
Ranks 161st of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 10th of 234 in Georgia. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $15,342 in fiscal year 2023
More than 47% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Savannah-Chatham County spent $15,342 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,030 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Savannah-Chatham County spent $15,342 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,030 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$15,342$557.3 million36,326
FY2022$14,986$538.4 million35,925
FY2021$12,890$470.5 million36,502
FY2020$12,163$455.6 million37,456
FY2019$11,650$437.7 million37,576
FY2018$11,769$442.1 million37,564
FY2017$10,832$412.1 million38,047
FY2016$10,269$393.5 million38,323
FY2015$9,624$366.9 million38,123
FY2014$9,537$357.1 million37,445
FY2013$9,389$343.7 million36,610
FY2012$9,426$337.9 million35,842
FY2011$9,666$340.7 million35,246
FY2010$9,592$332.5 million34,668
FY2009$10,076$342.5 million33,994
FY2008$9,966$339.4 million34,058
FY2007$9,204$316.0 million34,330
FY2006$8,601$292.6 million34,021
FY2005$8,030$277.8 million34,595

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Savannah-Chatham County by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$82.9 million10.8%
State$189.5 million24.7%
Local$493.7 million64.4%
Total$766.1 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

57 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Savannah-Chatham County
SchoolStudents
Andrea B Williams Elementary School414
Beach High School973
Bloomingdale Elementary School350
Butler Elementary School524
Coastal Empire Montessori Charter School216
Coastal Middle School486
DeRenne Middle School484
Ellis Elementary School419
Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts770
Gadsden Elementary School493
Garden City Elementary School597
Georgetown School544
Godley Station School1,585
Gould Elementary School559
Groves High School1,469
Haven Elementary School361
Heard Elementary School636
Henderson E Formey Jr Early Learning Center324
Hesse School996
Hodge Elementary School420
Hubert Middle School471
Islands High School752
Isle of Hope School569
Jacob G. Smith Elementary School466
Jenkins High School1,265
Johnson High School762
Marshpoint Elementary School603
May Howard Elementary School539
Mercer Middle School512
Myers Middle School503
New Hampstead High School1,123
New Hampstead K-8 School1,118
Oglethorpe Charter School567
Otis J Brock III Elementary School568
Pooler Elementary School340
Pulaski Elementary SChool1,147
Rice Creek School1,011
Savannah Arts Academy801
Savannah Classical Academy Charter High School68
Savannah Classical Academy Charter School349
Savannah Early College High School151
Savannah-Chatham E-Learning Academy441
School of Humanities at Juliette Gordon Low605
Shuman Elementary School482
Southwest Elementary School769
Southwest Middle School528
Susie King Taylor Community School284
The STEM Academy at Bartlett625
The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High575
Tybee Island Maritime Academy School432
UHS of Savannah Coastal Harbor Treatment Center69
West Chatham Elementary School796
West Chatham Middle School713
White Bluff Elementary School701
Windsor Forest Elementary School656
Windsor Forest High School1,069
Woodville-Tompkins Technical and Career High School694

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
1301020

Elsewhere

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