Coastal Middle, 4595 U.S. Highway 80 East: grades 6-8, 521 students in 2025, CCRPI 85.0. Feeds Islands High.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Coastal Middle 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.
Coastal Middle School is the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System middle school for Whitemarsh, Wilmington and the other islands east of the city, serving sixth through eighth grade on U.S. Highway 80. It has a Savannah mailing address but sits outside the city limits, in the Whitemarsh Island census area, according to the Census Bureau’s geocoder. The district named it a 2026 School of Distinction of the Association for Middle Level Education.
- Address: 4595 U.S. Highway 80 East, Savannah, GA 31410
- Phone: 912-395-3950
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: cms.sccpss.com
Who to call
- Coastal Middle front office: 912-395-3950
- 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 Paul Sidney, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 521 students at Coastal Middle in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 512 students and 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.1 students per teacher.
State report card
Coastal Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 85.0, according to the state’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for middle schools was 78.4 and the district’s was 64.4. It was 76.9 in 2023 and 84.7 in 2024. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Coastal Middle 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 six to eight, 2025, share of tested students scoring at the Proficient and Distinguished levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 28.2% | 22.5% |
| Math | 25.9% | 23.8% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 21% | 21% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 31.5% | 21.6% |
Attendance zone
None of the 900 Savannah homes we ran through the district’s Find My School lookup on Oct. 6, 2026, were zoned for Coastal Middle; its zone covers the islands outside the city. At the school’s address the lookup returns Marshpoint Elementary, Coastal Middle and Islands High, and at May Howard Elementary on Wilmington Island it also returns Coastal Middle and Islands High. Check any address in Find My School.
Coastal Middle hosts the district’s S.A.L.T. Program, one of its choice programs, open by 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 7:40 a.m. to 2:40 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 7:10 a.m., breakfast is served from 7:10 to 7:30 a.m., and buses leave at 2:50 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 Coastal Middle
- 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 high school does Coastal Middle feed into?
Islands High on Whitemarsh Island, according to the district’s Find My School lookup.
What is Coastal Middle School’s CCRPI score?
85.0 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4. It was 84.7 in 2024.
What time does Coastal Middle School start?
Classes run 7:40 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. in 2026-27, according to the district’s approved bell times.
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