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Eli Whitney Elementary School
PRINCIPAL: Patricia Cooper
ADDRESS: 2 Laura St., Savannah
PHONE: 201-7550
NUMBER OF STUDENTS: 547
RACIAL MAKEUP: 92 percent non-white; 8 percent white
STUDENT/TEACHER RATIO: 13-1
SCHOOL SUMMARY:Eli Whitney Elementary School was built in the mid 1950s, and named after Eli Whitney, credited with inventing the cotton gin in 1793.
For years, other inventors tried unsuccessfully to create a machine that would separate cotton lint from the seed, but it was Whitney who finally achieved success. His invention significantly impacted the economic trend of the United States with the revitalization of slavery, since workers were needed to plant more cotton.
Savannah was incorporated as a city in 1789, and sprang into eminence as a cotton center after the gin was invented at Mulberry Grove Plantation in what is now Port Wentworth. The plantation was the home of revolutionary war hero General Nathanael Greene, where Whitney worked as a teacher.
All real estate advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.
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