Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center

Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center, an one-room-style secondary school in Augusta, Georgia, run under Department of Juvenile Justice, works with 11 students, covering grades 5 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,120 students per school, that is 99% below typical.

Department of Juvenile Justice comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 410 students; Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center is among them.

In terms of who attends, Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (91%). The remainder breaks down as 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 56% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Richmond County's rate of about 93%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,637 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Richmond County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), of which Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center is one.

Augusta Youth Development Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center has expanded 175%, going from 4 students in 2018 to 11 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 25% to 9% over that span.

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