Goshen Elementary School

Goshen Elementary School operates as a modestly sized primary school in Augusta, Georgia, operated by Richmond County. Current enrollment sits at 437 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Goshen Elementary School sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Richmond County comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 30,573 students; Goshen Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Goshen Elementary School reports that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 30% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. Compared to Richmond County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Goshen Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Goshen Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 21.2%, a residual of -4.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Richmond County) logs that median household earnings sit near $55,637, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Richmond County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), Goshen Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Cross Creek High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Goshen Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 11.6%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 542 students in 2018 compared to 437 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 40% to 30%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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