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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438000569
Goshen Elementary School
4040 Old Waynesboro Rd, Augusta, GA 30906 · (706) 796-4646 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
437 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
6
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 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
62%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
23.3%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.7pp since 2021
Math
17.8%
GA avg 44.6% . -2.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.3% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.3% | 23.3% |
| 2021-22 | 17.5% | 20.4% |
% 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
21.2%
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 Goshen Elementary School
Goshen Elementary School's state test result (21.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goshen Elementary School this school | 437 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
| Unity Elementary School (PK-5) Luthersville | 443 | 98.9% | 22.7% |
| J. D. Dickerson Primary School Vidalia | 456 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Barnett Shoals Elementary School Athens | 490 | 100.0% | 38.0% |
| Crisp County Elementary School Cordele | 439 | 100.0% | 21.1% |
| Wrens Elementary School Wrens | 406 | 100.0% | 28.7% |
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 Goshen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #1,019 of 1,208 | #9 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #1,107 of 1,215 ▼ 85 | #12 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #925 of 1,215 ▼ 59 | #10 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #633 of 1,183 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #1,005 of 1,324 | #16 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #329 of 1,301 | #4 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #417 of 1,301 | #4 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #357 of 1,312 | #1 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #248 of 854 | #7 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
437
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 437 | 35.7 | 12.2:1 | 100% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 36.2 | 12.4:1 | 73% (329) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 98% (439) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 98% (438) |
| 2017-18 | 542 | 37.4 | 14.5:1 | 96% (522) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 97% (390) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 27 | 17.2:1 | 49% (229) |
| 2000-01 | 702 | 38 | 18.5:1 | 34% (237) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Goshen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (542 to 437); teachers down 5% (37.4 to 35.7).
About Goshen Elementary School
Goshen Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in Augusta, Georgia, under Richmond County. Enrollment stands at 437 students, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 28% below the 605-student average for elementary schools in Georgia.
The district for Goshen Elementary School is Richmond County, with 52 schools and 30,573 students.
The share of Black students at Goshen Elementary School is 53%, a majority. After that, the student body is 30% White, 7% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put Richmond County at about 56% Black, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 62, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.2:1. The school has 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia is 1.1 students per teacher. In all, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Goshen Elementary School scores 21.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 25.7%.
Census data for Richmond County show the median household earns about $55,637 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Goshen Elementary School, Richmond County has 58 public schools.
Cross Creek High School, about 1.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Goshen Elementary School places 1st out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment went from 448 in 2020-21 to 437 in 2024-25, a change of 11 students. By 2024-25, the school had 12.2 students per teacher, compared with 13.6 in 2020-21.
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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 Goshen Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Goshen Elementary. Goshen Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Goshen ElementaryVisalia, CA · 549 students
- Goshen ElementaryGaithersburg, MD · 494 students
- Goshen Elementary SchoolGoshen, AL · 446 students
- Goshen ElementaryEdwardsville, IL · 346 students
Nearby schools
- Cross Creek High School1.2 mi · 1,152
- Gracewood Elementary School2.5 mi · 393
- Pine Hill Middle School2.6 mi · 757
- Augusta Youth Development Campus3.6 mi · 28
- Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center3.6 mi · 11
- Tobacco Road Elementary School3.9 mi · 411
Frequently asked questions
About Goshen Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Goshen Elementary School?
Goshen Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Goshen Elementary School serve?
Goshen Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Goshen Elementary School have?
Goshen Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Goshen Elementary School?
Student demographics at Goshen Elementary School are roughly 30% White, 7% Hispanic, 53% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Goshen Elementary School public or private?
Goshen 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.