📍 800 Pine Barren Rd, Pooler, Chatham County, 31322
West Chatham Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Pooler, Chatham County. The school has 953 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Savannah-Chatham County school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 72.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 14% of students are proficient in reading. 10% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
West Chatham Middle School enrolls 953 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 72.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Black or African American, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 427 | 45% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 265 | 28% |
| White | 160 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 82 | 8.6% |
| Asian | 16 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
686 of the school's 953 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 585 qualify for free lunch and 101 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
West Chatham Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-10, state senate district 1, state house district 161.
West Chatham Middle School is one of 58 schools in Savannah-Chatham County, based in Savannah, Georgia. The district serves 35,744 students district-wide and employs 2,675 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 953 students, West Chatham Middle School is larger than the district average of about 616 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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