AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in AUGUSTA, Arkansas, AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school, operated by AUGUSTA SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 184 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 56% smaller than typical.

Within AUGUSTA SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 329 students, AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 39% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Woodruff County's rate of about 81%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 19.2%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Woodruff County put median household income runs about $48,158, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Woodruff County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 910 students), AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AUGUSTA HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 28%: 257 students in 2018 compared to 184 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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