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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438004312
Belair Elementary School
3925 Harper Franklin Ave, Augusta, GA 30909 · (706) 821-2766 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Georgia public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
556 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
47%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
25.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.3pp since 2021
Math
28.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +11.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.9% | 28.4% |
| 2023-24 | 26.7% | 17.5% |
| 2022-23 | 23.6% | 11.1% |
| 2021-22 | 18.5% | 17.4% |
% 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Belair Elementary School
Belair Elementary School's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belair Elementary School this school | 675 | 82.4% | 21.7% |
| White Bluff Elementary School Savannah | 701 | 85.3% | 17.9% |
| Walker Traditional Elementary School Augusta | 646 | 81.6% | 68.1% |
| Waldo Pafford Elementary School Hinesville | 741 | 83.1% | 33.1% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary McDonough | 712 | 74.7% | 21.9% |
| Isle of Hope School Savannah | 569 | 88.0% | 20.8% |
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 Belair Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #1,002 of 1,208 | #7 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.4% | #895 of 1,215 ▲ 197 | #5 of 29 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #855 of 1,215 ▲ 16 | #6 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.2pp | #171 of 1,183 | #5 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #424 of 1,324 | #3 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #430 of 1,301 | #9 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #831 of 1,301 | #11 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #688 of 1,312 | #28 of 30 |
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
675
-255 (-27%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 675 | 53.4 | 12.6:1 | 82% (556) |
| 2023-24 | 1,061 | 78.8 | 13.5:1 | 52% (557) |
| 2022-23 | 1,032 | 66 | 15.6:1 | 98% (1,011) |
| 2020-21 | 930 | 61 | 15.3:1 | 98% (911) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Belair Elementary School.
About Belair Elementary School
Students in Augusta, Georgia, attend Belair Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 675 students enrolled.
Richmond County counts 30,573 students in its 52 schools, and Belair Elementary School is one of them.
Belair Elementary School is 71% Black by enrollment. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 9% White, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 56% Black among all Richmond County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 47% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 53.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.6 students per teacher. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 82%. Compared with the 93% average for public schools in Richmond County, the school's rate is lower.
Measured against Georgia public elementary schools, Belair Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Belair Elementary School scores 21.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.8%.
In the county around the school, Richmond County, the median household income is $55,637, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Richmond County is home to 58 public schools and about 31,674 public school students.
The school nearest to Belair Elementary School is Belair Middle School, at a distance of about 1.3 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Belair Elementary School is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
Belair Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school enrolled 675 students in 2024-25, 255 fewer than the 930 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.6:1.
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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
Other Belair Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Belair Elementary. Belair Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- BELAIR ELEM.JEFFERSON CITY, MO · 363 students
Nearby schools
- Belair Middle School1.3 mi · 776
- Sue Reynolds Elementary School1.6 mi · 652
- Barton Chapel Elementary School2.1 mi · 427
- Glenn Hills Middle School3.0 mi · 706
- Freedom Park K-8 School3.0 mi · 608
- Brookwood Elementary School3.1 mi · 559
Frequently asked questions
About Belair Elementary SchoolHow large is Belair Elementary School?
Belair Elementary School enrolls approximately 675 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Belair Elementary School serve?
Belair Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Belair Elementary School?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at Belair Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Belair Elementary School?
At Belair Elementary School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 12% Hispanic, 71% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Belair Elementary School public or private?
Belair Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.