Merry Elementary School

As a cozy primary school in Augusta, Georgia, Merry Elementary School instructs 401 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under Richmond County. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

Across the 52 schools in Richmond County (30,573 students total), Merry Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Merry Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (82%). Beyond that, the school lists 8% White, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Merry Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Merry Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 96% of students at Merry Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Merry Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 15.1%, a residual of -12.5 points.

In the broader community, 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%. Across Richmond County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), Merry Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Tutt Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Merry Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 18.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 6-year window, the student count grew 10%: 364 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2024. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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