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What's something Gracewood Elementary School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001530
Gracewood Elementary School
2032 Tobacco Rd, Augusta, GA 30906 · (706) 796-4969 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
393 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
1
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 | 39 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
52%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% . +10.9pp since 2021
Math
20.9%
GA avg 44.6% . +8.6pp 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 21 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 11 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.3% | 20.9% |
| 2023-24 | 18.9% | 13.8% |
| 2022-23 | 15.2% | 13.2% |
| 2021-22 | 12.4% | 12.4% |
% 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
19.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 Gracewood Elementary School
Gracewood Elementary School's state test result (19.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gracewood Elementary School this school | 393 | 100.0% | 19.1% |
| Midway Hills Academy Milledgeville | 392 | 100.0% | 20.7% |
| Maxwell Elementary School Thomson | 436 | 100.0% | N/A |
| Wrens Elementary School Wrens | 406 | 100.0% | 28.7% |
| Garrett Elementary School Augusta | 435 | 100.0% | 21.2% |
| 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 Gracewood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.1% | #1,071 of 1,208 | #11 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #1,047 of 1,215 ▲ 101 | #9 of 29 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #924 of 1,215 ▲ 151 | #9 of 29 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.8pp | #144 of 1,183 | #3 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #1,108 of 1,324 | #22 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #546 of 1,301 | #14 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.8% | #745 of 1,301 | #8 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #361 of 1,312 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #291 of 854 | #9 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
393
-131 (-25%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 393 | 30.1 | 13.1:1 | 100% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 34.8 | 12.7:1 | 100% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 38.5 | 13.3:1 | 98% (501) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 98% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 27.8 | 17.2:1 | 96% (459) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 23 | 19.0:1 | 97% (424) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 82% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 514 | 27 | 19.0:1 | 64% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 27 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gracewood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (477 to 393); teachers up 8% (27.8 to 30.1).
About Gracewood Elementary School
As a small elementary school, Gracewood Elementary School serves students in Augusta, Georgia. School enrollment was 393 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Georgia average about 605 students.
Richmond County is responsible for 52 schools, Gracewood Elementary School included, with 30,573 students in all.
At Gracewood Elementary School, Black students make up 66% of the student body. The next largest groups are 21% White, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The school's Black share is 9 points above the 56% share among Richmond County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 52% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 30.1 full-time equivalents, or about 13.1 students per teacher. That matches the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia fairly closely. About 100% of students, or 393, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Gracewood Elementary School is 6.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (19.1% versus 25.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Georgia.
Federal survey data for Richmond County show that the median household income is $55,637, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Richmond County is home to 58 public schools and about 31,674 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, Cross Creek High School is the closest, at about 1.7 miles. Gracewood Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 19.1% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 6 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Gracewood Elementary School the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Gracewood Elementary School's enrollment declined from 524 in 2020-21 to 393 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.1:1, from 15.9:1.
The Gracewood Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
Nearby schools
- Cross Creek High School1.7 mi · 1,152
- Tobacco Road Elementary School1.8 mi · 411
- Augusta Youth Development Campus1.8 mi · 28
- Augusta Regional Youth Detention Center1.8 mi · 11
- Richmond Hill Middle School2.1 mi · 667
- Richmond Hill Elementary School2.2 mi · 765
Frequently asked questions
About Gracewood Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gracewood Elementary School?
Gracewood Elementary School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades PK-05.
Is Gracewood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gracewood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gracewood Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gracewood Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Gracewood Elementary School?
Gracewood Elementary School reports a student body of 21% White, 5% Hispanic, 66% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Gracewood Elementary School?
Gracewood Elementary School is overseen by Richmond County in Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.