Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta

Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta is one of the one-room-style multi-level schools in Augusta, Georgia, overseen by Richmond County, with 32 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. That puts it 96% below the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 738 students.

Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta is one of 52 schools operated by Richmond County, a district that serves 30,573 students overall.

On demographics, Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 41% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 33% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 30.5%; this one comes in at 3.9%, -26.6 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Richmond County reports that the typical household earns roughly $55,637 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, Richmond County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), of which Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta is one.

Nearest neighbor: Martinez Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.0%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 129%: 14 students in 2018 compared to 32 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment expanded from 29% to 41% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.