Andrea B. Williams Elementary, 1150 Wheaton St.: grades 1-5, 485 students in 2025, CCRPI 64.8. Feeds Hubert Middle and Savannah High.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Williams Elementary website, the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System’s map of schools, bell times and 2026-27 calendar, the district’s Find My School lookup, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.
Andrea B. Williams Elementary School is a Savannah-Chatham County Public School System elementary school on Wheaton Street on the east side, inside the city. The state’s 2025 data lists first through fifth grade; children in its zone start pre-K and kindergarten at the Formey early learning center. It is the zoned elementary school for most of downtown and hosts the district’s STEAM magnet program.
- Address: 1150 Wheaton St., Savannah, GA 31404
- Phone: 912-395-2500
- Grades: 1 to 5 (pre-K and kindergarten at the Formey center)
- Website: williams.sccpss.com
Who to call
- Williams Elementary front office: 912-395-2500
- Register a new student: the district’s online registration, or the Student and Family Service Center, 400 E. Broad St., 912-395-5584
- Bus routes: the district’s Transportation Department, 912-395-5591; find a stop with Find My School
- District main line: 912-395-5600
- Is this your school? Enter an address in Find My School
Principal
Principal Teresa Baker, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 485 students at Williams Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 456 students and 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.8 students per teacher.
State report card
Williams Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 64.8, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for elementary schools was 78.6 and the district’s was 72.2. It was 70.7 in 2023 and 72.0 in 2024. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Williams Elementary report card.
CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.
Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests in grades three to five, 2025, share of tested students scoring at the Proficient and Distinguished levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 14% | 1.8% |
| Math | 18.5% | 0.5% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 19.7% | 0% |
Attendance zone
We ran 900 Savannah homes, chosen at random from Chatham County’s parcel records for the city, through the district’s Find My School lookup on Oct. 6, 2026. 152 of them (16.9%) were zoned for Williams Elementary. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):
- Middle school: Hubert Middle (100%)
- High school: the School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High (100%)
Our Historic District guide found 54% of downtown homes zoned for Williams. Check any address in Find My School.
The district’s Phase 2 facilities plan proposal called for closing Shuman Elementary after the 2024-25 school year and reassigning part of its zone to Williams. Shuman is no longer on the district’s map of schools.
Williams hosts the STEAM Magnet Program, one of the district’s choice programs. The district’s Choice Program guide says applicants to Williams do not have to meet the usual eligibility criteria and go straight into the lottery.
Calendar
From the district’s 2026-27 calendar, approved May 7, 2025 (all dates on the district calendar page):
- Thursday, Oct. 8: staff planning day, no school for students
- Friday, Oct. 9: fall holiday
- Monday, Oct. 12: Columbus Day, no school
- Tuesday, Nov. 3: remote-learning half-day; students learn from home
- Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
- Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
- Dec. 21-31: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, 2027, is a staff planning day with no school for students
- March 26 to April 2, 2027: spring break
- Friday, May 21, 2027: last day of school
Bell times
Classes run 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m., according to the district’s 2026-27 bell times, approved by the Board of Public Education on April 8, 2026. Buses arrive at 8:55 a.m., breakfast is served from 8:55 to 9:15 a.m., and buses leave at 4:10 p.m.
More
- The school’s website
- The district’s map of schools, with every Savannah-Chatham County Public School System school
- The state’s report card for Williams Elementary
- Every public school that serves Savannah, with zones and scores: our Savannah public schools guide
- District calendar, registration, graduation rates and the school board: our Savannah schools guide
Frequently asked questions
Which middle school does Andrea B. Williams Elementary feed into?
Hubert Middle, and then the School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High, for every Savannah home in our sample zoned for Williams.
What is Williams Elementary’s CCRPI score?
64.8 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 72.0 in 2024.
What time does Williams Elementary start?
Classes run 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 2026-27, according to the district’s approved bell times.
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