Southwest Middle, 6030 Ogeechee Road: grades 6-8, 673 students in 2025, CCRPI 48.4. Feeds Windsor Forest High. Zoned for 18% of Savannah homes.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Southwest 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.
Southwest Middle School is a Savannah-Chatham County Public School System middle school on Ogeechee Road on the southwest side, next to Southwest Elementary, serving sixth through eighth grade. It has a Savannah mailing address, but the Census Bureau’s geocoder places the campus in unincorporated Chatham County. It is the zoned middle school for Windsor Forest and the south side, and it hosts the district’s Cinematic Studies choice program.
- Address: 6030 Ogeechee Road, Savannah, GA 31419
- Phone: 912-395-3540
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: swms.sccpss.com
Who to call
- Southwest Middle front office: 912-395-3540
- 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 Tony Foy, according to the school’s website.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 673 students at Southwest Middle in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 712 students and 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.8 students per teacher.
State report card
Southwest Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 48.4, 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 62.3 in 2023 and 63.8 in 2024. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Southwest 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% | 2.7% |
| Math | 11.1% | 3% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 4.8% | 0% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 6.6% | 1.8% |
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. 166 of them (18.4%) were zoned for Southwest Middle. Those homes were zoned for these schools at the other levels (share of the homes):
- Elementary school: Windsor Forest Elementary (67%), Southwest Elementary (24%) and White Bluff Elementary (9%)
- High school: Windsor Forest High (92%) and New Hampstead High (8%)
Check any address in Find My School.
Under Phase 1 of the district’s Long-Range Facilities Plan, adopted by the Board of Education in January 2024, some Southwest Middle students were moved to Pulaski K-8, according to the district’s zone maps.
Southwest Middle hosts the district’s Cinematic Studies choice program, 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 Southwest 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 Southwest Middle feed into?
Mostly Windsor Forest High. In our sample of Savannah homes zoned for Southwest Middle, 92% were zoned for Windsor Forest High and 8% for New Hampstead High.
Which elementary schools feed Southwest Middle?
Windsor Forest, Southwest and White Bluff elementary schools, according to our sample of addresses in the district’s lookup.
What is Southwest Middle School’s CCRPI score?
48.4 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against a Georgia middle school average of 78.4. It was 63.8 in 2024.
What time does Southwest 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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