Meadowbrook Elementary School

Located at 3630 Goldfinch Dr, in Augusta, Georgia, Meadowbrook Elementary School is an intimate primary school that instructs 447 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Richmond County. Enrollment runs roughly 26% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Richmond County comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 30,573 students; Meadowbrook Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Meadowbrook Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (88%); the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 56% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Meadowbrook Elementary School reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at Meadowbrook Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Meadowbrook 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 13.5%.

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 roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richmond County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), of which Meadowbrook Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jamestown Elementary School, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Meadowbrook Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Meadowbrook Elementary School at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 16.4%.

Meadowbrook Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Meadowbrook Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 447). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 1% to 6% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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