J.G. Smith Elementary School, Savannah: zone, report card, calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the J.G. Smith 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.

Jacob G. Smith Elementary School is a Savannah-Chatham County Public School System elementary school on Lamara Drive on the south side of midtown, inside the city, serving pre-K through fifth grade. It is the zoned school for Ardsley Park, and it is back at its home campus, 210 Lamara Drive, for 2026-27, according to the district’s list of school locations.

• Address: 210 Lamara Drive, Savannah, GA 31405
• Phone: 912-395-6530
• Grades: Pre-K to 5
• Website: jgsmith.sccpss.com

Who to call

• J.G. Smith Elementary front office: 912-395-6530
• 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 Channil Scott, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 456 students at J.G. Smith Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 468 students and 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13 students per teacher.

State report card

J.G. Smith Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 80.0, 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 93.0 in 2023 and 73.1 in 2024. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s J.G. Smith 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:

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. 65 of them (7.2%) were zoned for J.G. Smith Elementary. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):

• Middle school: Myers Middle (100%)
• High school: Beach High (71%), the School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High (26%) and Jenkins High (3%)

Our Ardsley Park guide found 99% of the homes we checked there zoned for J.G. Smith. Check any address in Find My School.

J.G. Smith is also listed as a Traditional program on the district’s Choice Program site list, open to students outside its zone 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 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.

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 J.G. Smith Elementary
• 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 middle school does J.G. Smith Elementary feed into?

Myers Middle, for every Savannah home in our sample zoned for J.G. Smith. For high school, 71% were zoned for Beach and 26% for Savannah High.

What is J.G. Smith Elementary’s CCRPI score?

80.0 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia elementary school average of 78.6. It was 73.1 in 2024.

What time does J.G. Smith Elementary start?

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