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If you had an hour of school board time for Merry Elementary School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001548
Merry Elementary School
415 Boy Scout Rd, Augusta, GA 30909 · (706)737-7185 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
386 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
32%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.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2023-24 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
16.3%
GA avg 41.8% . +0.1pp since 2021
Math
12.7%
GA avg 42.9% . -4.1pp 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 42 and 43. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 12.7% |
| 2022-23 | 16.6% | 13.5% |
| 2021-22 | 16.2% | 16.7% |
% 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
15.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.6%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 →
Where Merry Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #1,145 of 1,208 | #19 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #1,176 of 1,215 ▼ 20 | #21 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #1,100 of 1,215 ▲ 10 | #16 of 29 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #1,092 of 1,324 | #21 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #321 of 1,301 | #3 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.0% | #1,041 of 1,301 | #17 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.3% | #502 of 1,312 | #26 of 30 |
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.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
401
+37 (+10%) vs 2017
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 14.0:1
% White
8%
was 11%
% Hispanic
5%
was 3%
% Black
82%
was 80%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 401 | 35.1 | 11.4:1 | 96% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 32.5 | 12.2:1 | 98% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 27 | 14.1:1 | 98% (372) |
| 2017-18 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 96% (351) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 97% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 76% (271) |
| 2000-01 | 414 | 28 | 14.8:1 | 63% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 30 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Merry Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (364 to 401); teachers up 35% (26 to 35.1).
About Merry Elementary School
The public elementary school Merry Elementary School is located in Augusta, Georgia. It reported 401 students in pre-K through 5 in 2023-24. That compares with an average of about 605 students for elementary schools in Georgia.
Richmond County oversees Merry Elementary School and 51 other schools, with 30,573 students in total.
At Merry Elementary School, 82% of students are Black. The remaining students are 8% White, 5% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Richmond County is about 56% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Merry Elementary School scores 32%.
There are about 12.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Merry Elementary School, which has 35.1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Merry Elementary School is about 96%.
Merry Elementary School scores 15.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 27.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Richmond County show that the median household earns about $55,637 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. Across Richmond County, 58 public schools serve about 31,674 students.
Tutt Middle School is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 18.0% on proficiency, and Merry Elementary School is below that at 15.1%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment increased 10% over 6 years, reaching 401 in 2023-24. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.0:1 to 11.4:1.
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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
- Tutt Middle School0.5 mi · 617
- Langford Middle School0.9 mi · 719
- Warren Road Elementary School1.4 mi · 665
- Lake Forest Hills Elementary School1.6 mi · 719
- Westside High School1.6 mi · 1,088
- Garrett Elementary School1.8 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Merry Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Merry Elementary School?
Merry Elementary School enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-05.
Is Merry Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Merry Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Merry Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Merry Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Merry Elementary School?
At Merry Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 5% Hispanic, 82% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Merry Elementary School public or private?
Merry Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Richmond County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.