📍 100 Mulberry Ave, Port Wentworth, Chatham County, 31407
Rice Creek School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Port Wentworth, Chatham County. The school has 1,167 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Savannah-Chatham County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 73.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. 12% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Rice Creek School enrolls 1,167 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 73.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Black or African American, 17% White and 15% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 695 | 60% |
| White | 194 | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 179 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 85 | 7.3% |
| Asian | 10 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
837 of the school's 1,167 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 698 qualify for free lunch and 139 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.
Rice Creek School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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 2, state house district 161.
Rice Creek 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 1,167 students, Rice Creek 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: Rural - Fringe