DeRenne Middle, 1009 Clinch St.: grades 6-8, 597 students in 2025, CCRPI 57.2. Feeds Beach High. Zoned for 15% of Savannah homes.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the DeRenne 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.
DeRenne Middle School is a Savannah-Chatham County Public School System middle school on Clinch Street on the west side of midtown, inside the city, serving sixth through eighth grade. Most of its students go on to Beach High, and it hosts the district’s Medical and Allied Health choice program for middle school.
- Address: 1009 Clinch St., Savannah, GA 31405
- Phone: 912-395-5900
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: dms.sccpss.com
Who to call
- DeRenne Middle front office: 912-395-5900
- 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 Tammy Broadnax, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 597 students at DeRenne Middle in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 496 students and 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.1 students per teacher.
State report card
DeRenne Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 57.2, 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 57.4 in 2023 and 55.6 in 2024. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s DeRenne 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 | 12.7% | 2.8% |
| Math | 8% | 2.4% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 9.5% | 2% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 5.4% | 2.7% |
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. 135 of them (15%) were zoned for DeRenne Middle. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):
- Elementary school: Butler Elementary (39%), Hodge Elementary (37%) and Gadsden Elementary (24%)
- High school: Beach High (84%), Groves High (12%) and the School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High (4%)
Check any address in Find My School.
DeRenne hosts the district’s Medical and Allied Health choice program for middle school, 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 DeRenne 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 DeRenne Middle feed into?
Mostly Beach High. In our sample of Savannah homes zoned for DeRenne, 84% were zoned for Beach High and 12% for Groves High.
Which elementary schools feed DeRenne Middle?
Butler, Hodge and Gadsden elementary schools, according to our sample of addresses in the district’s Find My School lookup.
What is DeRenne Middle School’s CCRPI score?
57.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4. It was 55.6 in 2024.
What time does DeRenne 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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