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Garden City Elementary School

4037 Kessler Ave

Tel: (912)395-6820

Garden City Elementary School serves 752 students in grades PK-5.
The student:teacher ratio of 14:1 is lower than the GA average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 81% of the student body (majority Black), which is more than the state average of 58%.
Garden City Elementary School operates within the Chatham County School District.

The student:teacher ratio of 14:1 has decreased from 15:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.64 is more than the state average of 0.41. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(GA) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	14:1	16:1

Asian	n/a	4%

Hispanic	29%	14%

Black	50%	37%

White	19%	42%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

Two or more races	2%	3%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.64	0.41

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	84%	57%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	5%	6%

Chatham County School District's student population of 38,123 students has grown by 6% over five years.
The revenue/student of $11,729 is higher than the state average of $10,007. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $10,542 is higher than the state average of $9,869. The district spending/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.

School District Name	Chatham County School District
Number of Schools Managed	55	5
Number of Students Managed	38,123	3,306

District Total Revenue	$439 MM	$33 MM

District Spending	$395 MM	$33 MM

District Revenue / Student	$11,729	$10,007

District Spending / Student	$10,542	$9,869

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