Lamar - Milledge Elementary School

Lamar - Milledge Elementary School is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in Augusta, Georgia, part of Richmond County, instructing 366 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Lamar - Milledge Elementary School sits 40% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Richmond County, which oversees 52 schools and 30,573 students, Lamar - Milledge Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lamar - Milledge Elementary School records that 88% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder reads as 5% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Hispanic. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Lamar - Milledge Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 16.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate median household income runs about $55,637, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Lamar - Milledge Elementary School is one of 58 public schools in Richmond County (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students).

Nearest neighbor: Academy of Richmond County High School, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lamar - Milledge Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.3%.

Lamar - Milledge Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 421 students in 2018 compared to 366 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 8% to 4% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.