St. James Catholic School
8412 Whitefield Ave, Savannah, GA 31406Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 353
- Students per teacher
- 8.5
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Savannah center
- 5.7 miles
Can you use Promise Scholarship here?
✓ On the official Georgia Promise Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The last 2026-27 window is November 1 to 30, 2026. It is open only to families at or below 400% of the poverty level, and awards from it pay for spring 2027 only. The 2027 calendar is due by December 15, 2026.
Source: the official list, dated April 23, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 42
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Savannah, GA
- Boys and girls
- 66% boys, 34% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- National Catholic Educational Association
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Cognia/AdvancED, per the Georgia Promise Scholarship participating private schools list for 2026-27, approved as of April 23, 2026.
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
Where this comes from. Something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.
Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 388 to 353, down 35 (9%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 8 (48)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (27)
- Average a grade
- About 39
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 55 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,430
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Georgia
- Same as the median of the 575 private schools we list
- School day, against Georgia
- 55 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (583 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.5 here; median 8 at 184 GA elementary schools
- Size in Chatham County
- Larger than 15 of 21 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
St. James Catholic School tuition, and what Promise Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $15,000 to $18,550 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Georgia Promise Scholarship Education savings account
- Award
- Up to $6,500 per student
- How it varies
- Paid in four quarterly installments.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at St. James Catholic School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Promise Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Promise Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benedictine Military School | $18,550 | not stated | 1.4 |
| Hancock Day School | $15,000 to $16,575 | 2026-27 | 2.0 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Chatham Academy | 1-12 | 83 | <1 |
| The School at Higher Ground ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| Benedictine Military School ✓ | 9-12 | 410 | 1 |
| Memorial Day School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Hancock Day School ✓ | PreK-8 | 416 | 2 |
| Bethesda Academy ✓ | 6-12 | 89 | 2 |
| Rambam Day School | PreK-8 | 60 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
- All private schools near Savannah
- Catholic schools in Georgia
- Private elementary schools in Georgia
- Private middle schools in Georgia
- Private schools with kindergarten in Georgia
- Private schools with pre-K in Georgia
- Private schools in Chatham County
- Georgia Promise Scholarship: amount and eligibility
- All Georgia Promise Scholarship schools
Next Promise Scholarship date: Open now, until November 30, 2026 (Last 2026-27 application window (400% of poverty or less; funds spring 2027)).
Run this school? Update this listing for free. School staff: add the official list badge to your website.