Laney High School

Located at 1339 Laney Walker Blvd, in Augusta, Georgia, Laney High School is a low-enrollment senior high that serves 736 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Richmond County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so Laney High School sits 34% below that benchmark.

Richmond County runs 52 schools in total, collectively educating 30,573 students. Laney High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Laney High School shows that 92% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 56% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 100% of students at Laney High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Laney High School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 25.7%; actual is 8.1%, a gap of -17.6 points.

Around the school, census data for Richmond County shows median household income runs about $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), Laney High School is one campus in the mix.

Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Laney High School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 13%: 652 students in 2018 compared to 736 in 2025.

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