Enrollment
389
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001541
Bayvale Elementary School
3309 Milledgeville Rd, Augusta, GA 30909 · (706) 737-7255 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL389 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
389 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
12.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.4pp since 2021
Math
21.2%
GA avg 44.6% . +2.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.9% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 10.9% | 21.8% |
| 2022-23 | 10.5% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 14.3% | 19.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bayvale Elementary School
Bayvale Elementary School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayvale Elementary School this school | 389 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| Conley Hills Elementary School East Point | 377 | 100.0% | 20.5% |
| Brewer Elementary School Columbus | 367 | 100.0% | 5.6% |
| Austell Elementary School Austell | 367 | 100.0% | 37.7% |
| Parklane Elementary School East Point | 351 | 100.0% | 28.8% |
| International Academy of Smyrna Smyrna | 328 | 100.0% | N/A |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bayvale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #1,124 of 1,208 | #14 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,041 of 1,215 ▼ 32 | #8 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,175 of 1,215 ▲ 17 | #22 of 29 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.4pp | #726 of 1,183 | #15 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 389 | #1,117 of 1,324 | #23 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #479 of 1,301 | #11 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.3% | #614 of 1,301 | #5 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #363 of 1,312 | #7 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.3% | #206 of 854 | #4 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
389
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 510
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 389 | 30.3 | 12.8:1 | 100% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 31.6 | 12.0:1 | 94% (357) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 30 | 12.6:1 | 98% (369) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 98% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 494 | 30.3 | 16.3:1 | 96% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 97% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 99% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 448 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 91% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 510 | 32 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayvale Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (494 to 389); teachers unchanged (30.3 to 30.3).
About Bayvale Elementary School
Bayvale Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school found in Augusta, Georgia. A federal count lists 389 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Georgia) has about 605 students.
Bayvale Elementary School sits within Richmond County, which has 52 schools and 30,573 students.
At 57%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Bayvale Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 32% Hispanic, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 56% Black, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at Bayvale Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
At Bayvale Elementary School, 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.8:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
Test results at Bayvale Elementary School are 9.4 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (16.3% actual, 25.7% predicted).
Richmond County has about 206,069 residents, and median household income is about $55,637, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Richmond County number 58 and enroll about 31,674.
The next-closest public school is Rocky Creek Charter Academy, about 1.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Bayvale Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 16.3% against a local average of 12.9%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 381 to 389. Students per teacher fell from 14.7 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Bayvale Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Richmond County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
206,069
Census ACS
Median income
$55,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
58
31,674 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Richmond County
- Academy of Richmond County High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Cross Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,152 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Hephzibah High SchoolHigh · 1,041 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 878 students
- Glenn Hills High SchoolHigh · 839 students
Other schools in Augusta
- Academy of Richmond County High SchoolHigh · 1,178 students
- Cross Creek High SchoolHigh · 1,152 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 1,088 students
- Butler High SchoolHigh · 878 students
- Glenn Hills High SchoolHigh · 839 students
- Belair Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Rocky Creek Charter Academy1.4 mi · 47
- Wheeless Road Elementary School1.6 mi · 649
- Glenn Hills Middle School1.7 mi · 706
- Glenn Hills High School1.7 mi · 839
- Glenn Hills Elementary School1.8 mi · 370
- Copeland Elementary School1.8 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About Bayvale Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bayvale Elementary School?
Bayvale Elementary School enrolls approximately 389 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Bayvale Elementary School serve?
Bayvale Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Bayvale Elementary School have?
Bayvale Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bayvale Elementary School?
At Bayvale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 7% White, 32% Hispanic, 57% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Bayvale Elementary School in?
Bayvale Elementary School is part of Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.