Charles Ellis Montessori Academy, 220 E. 49th St.: a district Montessori choice school, pre-K to 8, 386 students in 2025, CCRPI 69.3.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Charles Ellis Montessori 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.
Charles Ellis Montessori Academy is the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System’s Montessori school, on East 49th Street in midtown, inside the city, serving pre-K through eighth grade. It has no attendance zone: families apply through the district’s choice program.
- Address: 220 E. 49th St., Savannah, GA 31405
- Phone: 912-395-5470
- Grades: Pre-K to 8
- Website: ellis.sccpss.com
Who to call
- Charles Ellis Montessori front office: 912-395-5470
- 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 Patrice Prince, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 386 students at Charles Ellis Montessori in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 428 students and 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.7 students per teacher. The state and federal data still list the school under its older name, Ellis Elementary School.
State report card
Charles Ellis Montessori’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 69.3, according to the state’s School Grades data. It was 70.8 in 2023 and 73.5 in 2024. For its elementary grades the 2025 score was 65.5, against 78.6 for Georgia elementary schools, and for its middle grades 80.7, against 78.4 for Georgia middle schools. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Charles Ellis Montessori 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 | 31.6% | 7.4% |
| Math | 24.3% | 5.9% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 19.1% | 4.8% |
Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests in grades six to eight, 2025, share of tested students scoring at the Proficient and Distinguished levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 43.6% | 10.6% |
| Math | 19.2% | 22.3% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 31% | 10.3% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 13.8% | 0% |
Admission
There is no zone. Charles Ellis is on the district’s Choice Program site list as its Montessori program, and seats are filled through the choice application and lottery described in the Choice Program guide. Kindergarten to second-grade applicants need satisfactory conduct and work at their current school but no grade review; older applicants must meet the program’s academic criteria. Homes around the school are zoned for J.G. Smith Elementary, Myers Middle and Beach High, according to the district’s Find My School lookup.
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 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 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 7:55 a.m., breakfast is served from 7:55 to 8:15 a.m., and buses leave at 3:25 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 Charles Ellis Montessori
- 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
How do you get into Charles Ellis Montessori Academy?
Apply through the district’s Choice Program. Seats are filled by lottery, held in early March, among applicants who meet the criteria.
What grades does Charles Ellis Montessori Academy serve?
Pre-K through eighth grade, according to the state’s 2025 data.
What is Charles Ellis’s CCRPI score?
69.3 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data: 65.5 for its elementary grades and 80.7 for its middle grades. It was 73.5 in 2024.
What time does Charles Ellis Montessori Academy start?
Classes run 8:15 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. in 2026-27, according to the district’s approved bell times.
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