School district · Georgia
Richmond County
Richmond County in Georgia: 49 public schools with 28,923 students and 14.4 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $15,587 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 49
- Students
- 28,923
- Students per teacher
- 14.4
- GA 14.1 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $15,587
- GA $15.8K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2,007
- Counselors (FTE)
- 86.0
- Students per counselor
- 336
- GA 385 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 14.0
- Librarians (FTE): 49.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Georgia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Georgia: 40%23%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 85% of school districts in Georgia
Median 34% · 230 school districts compared
12,330 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Georgia: 43%19%proficient
A lower share proficient than 88% of school districts in Georgia
Median 38% · 230 school districts compared
12,327 students tested, grades 3–8 · Georgia Milestones EOG; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 22% · $115.4M
- State
- 39% · $205.2M
- Local
- 39% · $204.1M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,190
- Support services
- $6,460
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $86.8M
- Long-term debt
- $39.3M
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barton Chapel Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 427 | 14.1 | 11% | 6.9% |
Bayvale Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 389 | 12.8 | 13% | 21% |
Belair Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 675 | 12.6 | 26% | 29% |
Blythe Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 333 | 12.4 | 34% | 26% |
Copeland Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 369 | 12.3 | 17% | 13% |
Deer Chase Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 555 | 13.4 | 20% | 17% |
Diamond Lakes Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 579 | 14.1 | 15% | 15% |
Dorothy Hains Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 479 | 14.2 | 20% | 13% |
Freedom Park K-8 SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–8 | 608 | 14.4 | 53% | 53% |
Garrett Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 435 | 11.3 | 24% | 14% |
Glenn Hills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 370 | 13.1 | 13% | 6.9% |
Goshen Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 437 | 12.2 | 23% | 18% |
Gracewood Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 393 | 13.1 | 23% | 21% |
Hephzibah Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 574 | 12.9 | 14% | 14% |
Jamestown Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 327 | 12.2 | 18% | 19% |
Jenkins-White Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 336 | 12.7 | 11% | 20% |
Lake Forest Hills Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 719 | 14.7 | 39% | 32% |
Lamar - Milledge Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 366 | 11.7 | 16% | 13% |
McBean Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 384 | 12.3 | 30% | 29% |
Meadowbrook Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 447 | 13.3 | 18% | 13% |
Monte Sano Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 410 | 16.4 | 14% | 12% |
Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 765 | 15.3 | 9.1% | 11% |
Sue Reynolds Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 652 | 13.1 | 12% | 9.5% |
Tobacco Road Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 411 | 14.5 | 14% | 11% |
W.S. Hornsby Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 508 | 13.7 | 6.8% | 11% |
Walker Traditional Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 646 | 16.0 | 73% | 67% |
Warren Road Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 665 | 13.3 | 24% | 24% |
Wheeless Road Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 649 | 15.5 | 8.5% | 8.8% |
Wilkinson Gardens Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 472 | 13.0 | 8.7% | 12% |
Belair Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 776 | 17.2 | 20% | 12% |
Glenn Hills Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 706 | 15.3 | 9.0% | 6.8% |
Hephzibah Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 728 | 17.5 | 18% | 8.6% |
Murphey Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 512 | 13.1 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Pine Hill Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 757 | 15.7 | 18% | 13% |
Richmond Hill Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 667 | 19.2 | 6.8% | 5.8% |
Tutt Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 617 | 13.1 | 17% | 9.4% |
W.S. Hornsby Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 391 | 15.0 | 11% | 9.4% |
Academy of Richmond County High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,178 | 18.0 | — | — |
Butler High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 878 | 17.0 | — | — |
Cross Creek High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,152 | 18.1 | — | — |
Davidson Fine Arts MagnetFree meals for all | 6–12 | 747 | 17.0 | 92% | 85% |
Glenn Hills High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 839 | 17.4 | — | — |
Hephzibah High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,041 | 16.8 | — | — |
Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 640 | 16.2 | 76% | 57% |
Josey High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 625 | 15.2 | — | — |
Laney High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 736 | 17.1 | — | — |
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 433 | 14.2 | 56% | 30% |
Westside High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,088 | 19.5 | — | — |
| K–12 | 32 | — | 10% | 9.5% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 864 Broad Street, Augusta, GA 30901
- Phone
- (706)826-1000
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.