Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001551
Copeland Elementary School
1440 Jackson Rd, Augusta, GA 30909 · (706) 737-7228 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
369 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 | 40 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
25%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
16.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.6pp since 2021
Math
12.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.6% | 12.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 13.8% |
| 2022-23 | 14.9% | 10.1% |
| 2021-22 | 11.0% | 5.1% |
% 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
16.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% 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 Copeland Elementary School
Copeland Elementary School's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copeland Elementary School this school | 369 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| Bob Mathis Elementary School Decatur | 368 | 100.0% | 27.1% |
| DeKalb Brilliance Academy Decatur | 357 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Haven Elementary School Savannah | 361 | 97.8% | 13.7% |
| Georgetown Elementary School Columbus | 394 | 100.0% | 14.9% |
| Wesley Heights Elementary School Columbus | 349 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
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 Copeland Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #1,116 of 1,208 | #13 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.9% | #1,172 of 1,215 ▼ 22 | #20 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #1,093 of 1,215 ▼ 46 | #15 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #276 of 1,183 | #8 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #1,145 of 1,324 | #26 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #346 of 1,301 | #6 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.4% | #1,128 of 1,301 | #22 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #366 of 1,312 | #10 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.4% | #115 of 854 | #2 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
369
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 369 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 100% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 35.7 | 11.1:1 | 100% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 34 | 11.4:1 | 98% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 35 | 11.1:1 | 98% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 28.4 | 17.9:1 | 96% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | 97% (505) |
| 2010-11 | 404 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 89% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 31 | 14.6:1 | 69% (309) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 29 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Copeland Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (508 to 369); teachers up 6% (28.4 to 30).
About Copeland Elementary School
Copeland Elementary School is a public elementary school in Augusta, Georgia. The school's enrollment of 369 students covers pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students each.
Richmond County is the district for Copeland Elementary School. It has 52 schools and 30,573 students.
About 86% of the student body at Copeland Elementary School is Black. Other reported shares: 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% White. That compares with about 56% Black among all Richmond County residents. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The teaching staff at Copeland Elementary School is 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. About 100% of students, or 369, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
A school with Copeland Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 25.7%. Copeland Elementary School scores 16.6%, 9.1 points below that line.
Census estimates describe Richmond County this way: the median household income is $55,637, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. In all, Richmond County has 58 public schools and roughly 31,674 students.
Lake Forest Hills Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of Copeland Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Copeland Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Copeland Elementary School is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment at Copeland Elementary School dropped 5% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 388 to 369 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.3:1.
Discussions about Copeland Elementary School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Copeland Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Copeland Elementary. Copeland Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Copeland Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 951 students
- Copeland ElementaryDobson, NC · 274 students
- Copeland ElemCopeland, KS · 51 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Forest Hills Elementary School0.9 mi · 719
- Langford Middle School1.6 mi · 719
- Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta1.7 mi · 32
- Bayvale Elementary School1.8 mi · 389
- Tutt Middle School2.1 mi · 617
- Merry Elementary School2.3 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About Copeland Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Copeland Elementary School?
Copeland Elementary School enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Copeland Elementary School serve?
Copeland Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Copeland Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Copeland Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Copeland Elementary School?
Student demographics at Copeland Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 8% Hispanic, 86% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Copeland Elementary School public or private?
Copeland Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richmond County.
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