Total enrollment
23,123
-954 (-4%) vs SY 2017-18
45 schools in Augusta
Georgia · Public K-12
Across the city, Augusta hosts 45 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 24,243 Georgia students (about 539 per campus).
7-year change in Augusta
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
42
-3 (-7%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
9%
was 14%
% Hispanic
7%
was 5%
% Black
78%
was 77%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
About Augusta
Across Augusta, Georgia, 45 public schools hosts about 24,243 students between them.
On the school-mix side, the city is built around 24 elementary, 7 middle, 12 high, and 2 other.
Per-campus enrollment runs near 539, below the state mean of about 748.
Trend over the past 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 4%: 24,077 students in SY 2017-18 versus 23,123 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Augusta lost 3 schools, going from 45 to 42. Demographically, the White share of enrollment decreased from 14% to 9%.
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