Robert W. Gadsden Elementary, 919 May St.: pre-K to 5, 543 students in 2025, CCRPI 68.9. Feeds DeRenne Middle.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Gadsden 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.

Robert W. Gadsden Elementary School is a Savannah-Chatham County Public School System elementary school on May Street, just west of downtown, inside the city, serving pre-K through fifth grade. It is zoned for Carver Heights and part of downtown.

Who to call

Principal

Principal Latasha Quarterman, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 543 students at Gadsden Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 469 students and 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.8 students per teacher.

State report card

Gadsden Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 68.9, 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 63.5 in 2023 and 57.5 in 2024. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Gadsden 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 14.3% 2%
Math 18.2% 6.9%
Science (fifth grade) 14.5% 2.9%

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. 37 of them (4.1%) were zoned for Gadsden Elementary. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):

Our Carver Heights guide found 96% of homes there zoned for Gadsden, and our Historic District guide 29% of downtown homes. Check any address in Find My School.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Which middle school does Gadsden Elementary feed into?

Mostly DeRenne Middle. In our sample of Savannah homes zoned for Gadsden, 86% were zoned for DeRenne and 14% for Mercer Middle.

Which high school does Gadsden Elementary feed into?

It depends on the address: Groves High for 57% of the homes in our sample, Beach for 30% and Savannah High for 14%.

What is Gadsden Elementary’s CCRPI score?

68.9 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 57.5 in 2024.

What time does Gadsden Elementary start?

Classes run 9:15 a.m. to 4 p.m. in 2026-27, according to the district’s approved bell times.