Herman W. Hesse K-8, 9116 Whitefield Ave.: pre-K to 8, 993 students in 2025, CCRPI 79.9. Feeds Jenkins High.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Hesse K-8 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.
Herman W. Hesse K-8 School is a Savannah-Chatham County Public School System school for pre-K through eighth grade on Whitefield Avenue on the south side. It has a Savannah mailing address, but the Census Bureau’s geocoder places it in unincorporated Chatham County.
- Address: 9116 Whitefield Ave., Savannah, GA 31406
- Phone: 912-395-6440
- Grades: Pre-K to 8
- Website: hesse.sccpss.com
Who to call
- Hesse K-8 front office: 912-395-6440
- 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 Jacob Roberson, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 993 students at Hesse K-8 in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 995 students and 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.8 students per teacher.
State report card
Hesse K-8’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 79.9, according to the state’s School Grades data. It was 70.2 in 2023 and 76.1 in 2024. For its elementary grades the 2025 score was 82.2, against 78.6 for Georgia elementary schools, and for its middle grades 74.7, against 78.4 for Georgia middle schools. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Hesse K-8 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 | 30.1% | 10.8% |
| Math | 27% | 20.3% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 36.7% | 8.9% |
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 | 26.7% | 5.3% |
| Math | 20.2% | 12.6% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 13.2% | 5.3% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 29% | 4% |
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. 1 of them (0.1%) were zoned for Hesse K-8. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):
- High school: Jenkins High (100%)
At the school’s own address the lookup returns Hesse K-8 and Jenkins High. 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 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 Hesse K-8
- 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 Hesse K-8 feed into?
Jenkins High, according to the district’s Find My School lookup.
What is Hesse K-8’s CCRPI score?
79.9 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data: 82.2 for its elementary grades and 74.7 for its middle grades. It was 76.1 in 2024.
What time does Hesse K-8 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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