Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001529
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School
510 Eve St, Augusta, GA 30904 · (706) 737-7262 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
366 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 | 60 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
23%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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
15.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +4.2pp since 2021
Math
13.1%
GA avg 44.6% . +0.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 16 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 4 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.9% | 13.1% |
| 2023-24 | 19.4% | 14.9% |
| 2022-23 | 15.7% | 15.7% |
| 2021-22 | 11.7% | 13.1% |
% 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 Lamar - Milledge Elementary School
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School's state test result (16.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lamar - Milledge Elementary School this school | 366 | 100.0% | 16.6% |
| Columbia Elementary School Decatur | 364 | 100.0% | 16.2% |
| Northside Elementary School Albany | 381 | 100.0% | 13.1% |
| Wesley Heights Elementary School Columbus | 349 | 100.0% | 18.9% |
| The Kindezi School Atlanta | 360 | 100.0% | 20.5% |
| Davis Elementary School Columbus | 387 | 100.0% | 10.2% |
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 Lamar - Milledge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #1,115 of 1,208 | #12 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.1% | #1,168 of 1,215 ▼ 42 | #18 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #1,111 of 1,215 ▼ 47 | #17 of 29 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.1pp | #597 of 1,183 | #12 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #1,155 of 1,324 | #27 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #220 of 1,301 | #2 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.6% | #1,162 of 1,301 | #26 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #360 of 1,312 | #4 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #431 of 854 | #12 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
366
+34 (+10%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 366 | 31.4 | 11.7:1 | 100% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 29.9 | 11.2:1 | 100% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 301 | 29 | 10.4:1 | 98% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 27 | 12.3:1 | 98% (325) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 26.9 | 15.7:1 | 96% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 97% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 97% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 93% (398) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 28 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lamar - Milledge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (421 to 366); teachers up 17% (26.9 to 31.4).
About Lamar - Milledge Elementary School
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School is a small elementary school in Richmond County, located in Augusta, Georgia. It reported 366 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Georgia have about 605 students on average; enrollment here is 40% lower.
The district, Richmond County, operates 52 schools serving 30,573 students.
Black students are 88% of those enrolled at Lamar - Milledge Elementary School. Next come 5% multiracial, 4% White, and 3% 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 23%.
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School has 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1. The school's 11.7:1 compares with an average of 13.3:1 for elementary schools in Georgia. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.6% is 9.1 points below the 25.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Richmond County, the median household earns about $55,637 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Richmond County has 58 public schools with about 31,674 students, including Lamar - Milledge Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Lamar - Milledge Elementary School is closest to Academy of Richmond County High School, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Lamar - Milledge Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Lamar - Milledge Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 34 students, from 332 to 366.
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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
Nearby schools
- Academy of Richmond County High School0.7 mi · 1,178
- Laney High School1.3 mi · 736
- Davidson Fine Arts Magnet1.3 mi · 747
- Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School1.4 mi · 640
- Monte Sano Elementary School1.4 mi · 410
- Walker Traditional Elementary School1.4 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About Lamar - Milledge Elementary SchoolHow large is Lamar - Milledge Elementary School?
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lamar - Milledge Elementary School serve?
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lamar - Milledge Elementary School?
Approximately 11.7:1 students per teacher at Lamar - Milledge Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lamar - Milledge Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lamar - Milledge Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 3% Hispanic, 88% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Lamar - Milledge Elementary School?
Lamar - Milledge Elementary School is overseen by Richmond County in Richmond County.
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