Monte Sano Elementary School

Monte Sano Elementary School operates as an intimate K-5 school in Augusta, Georgia, run under Richmond County. Current enrollment sits at 410 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Monte Sano Elementary School is one of 52 schools operated by Richmond County, a district that teaches 30,573 students overall.

Demographically, Monte Sano Elementary School lists that nearly all students (83%) are Black; the rest comes out to 7% White, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. 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, Monte Sano Elementary School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Monte Sano Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Monte Sano Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 15.9%, a residual of -9.8 points.

In the area at large, Richmond County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. Monte Sano Elementary School is one of 58 public schools in Richmond County (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students).

Academy of Richmond County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 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 Monte Sano Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 17.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 6%: 386 students in 2018 compared to 410 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 12% to 7% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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