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Enrollment
435
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001561
Garrett Elementary School
1100 Eisenhower Dr, Augusta, GA 30904 · (706) 737-7222 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL435 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
435 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
4
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 | 52 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 65% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
50%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
23.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +3.6pp since 2021
Math
13.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -7.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.5% | 13.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.3% | 19.8% |
| 2022-23 | 22.3% | 23.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 21.6% |
% 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
21.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% 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 Garrett Elementary School
Garrett Elementary School's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garrett Elementary School this school | 435 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
| Maxwell Elementary School Thomson | 436 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Gracewood Elementary School Augusta | 393 | 100.0% | 19.1% |
| Main Elementary School Rome | 424 | 100.0% | 13.6% |
| Morningside Elementary School Perry | 488 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
| Crisp County Elementary School Cordele | 439 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
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 Garrett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,016 of 1,208 | #8 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #1,160 of 1,215 ▼ 115 | #15 of 29 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #917 of 1,215 ▲ 54 | #8 of 29 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #277 of 1,183 | #7 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 435 | #1,014 of 1,324 | #17 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #145 of 1,301 | #1 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #781 of 1,301 | #10 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #369 of 1,312 | #13 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #650 of 854 | #13 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
435
+134 (+45%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 372
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 435 | 38.6 | 11.3:1 | 100% (435) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 34.3 | 10.9:1 | 81% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 33 | 11.2:1 | 98% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 29 | 10.4:1 | 98% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 27.9 | 16.7:1 | 96% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 492 | 30 | 16.4:1 | 97% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 84% (256) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 23 | 15.8:1 | 66% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 372 | 20 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garrett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (466 to 435); teachers up 38% (27.9 to 38.6).
About Garrett Elementary School
Garrett Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Augusta, Georgia. Its enrollment is 435 students, spread over pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.
Garrett Elementary School is one school in a 52-school district, Richmond County, which enrolls 30,573 students.
Black students are 68% of those enrolled at Garrett Elementary School. Next come 14% White, 10% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. That compares with about 56% Black among all Richmond County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
Garrett Elementary School has 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.3:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have an average ratio of 13.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 25.7%. Garrett Elementary School scores 21.2%.
For Richmond County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $55,637 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Counting Garrett Elementary School, Richmond County has 58 public schools.
Garrett Elementary School is about 1.8 miles from Hammond Hill Elementary, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Garrett Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Garrett Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
The school counted 301 students in 2020-21 and 435 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.
Garrett Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates 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 Garrett Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Garrett Elementary. Garrett Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Garrett Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 606 students
- Garrett Elementary SchoolMontgomery, AL · 592 students
- GARRETT ELEM.HAZELWOOD, MO · 309 students
Nearby schools
- Hammond Hill Elementary1.8 mi · 706
- Merry Elementary School1.8 mi · 401
- Tutt Middle School2.1 mi · 617
- Lamar - Milledge Elementary School2.1 mi · 366
- Westside High School2.2 mi · 1,088
- Academy of Richmond County High School2.5 mi · 1,178
Frequently asked questions
About Garrett Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Garrett Elementary School?
Garrett Elementary School enrolls approximately 435 students in grades PK-05.
Is Garrett Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Garrett Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garrett Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garrett Elementary School is approximately 11.3:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garrett Elementary School?
At Garrett Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 6% Hispanic, 68% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Garrett Elementary School public or private?
Garrett 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.