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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School this year?
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Enrollment
433
High
DISTRICT 851 · STATE 1,120
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438004069
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School
3200 Augusta Tech Dr # B, Augusta, GA 30906 · (706) 823-5580 · Richmond County
GRADES 06–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of Georgia public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
355 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 53 | 12% |
Student demographics
42%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.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
55.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +10.1pp since 2021
Math
29.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +10.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.5% | 29.4% |
| 2023-24 | 67.1% | 35.2% |
| 2022-23 | 58.7% | 22.3% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 19.4% |
% 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
47.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
Schools most like Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School's state test result (47.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School this school | 433 | 82.0% | 47.8% |
| Early County High School Blakely | 506 | 77.9% | 14.6% |
| Macon County High School Montezuma | 333 | 80.8% | 24.1% |
| Mitchell County High School Camilla | 334 | 77.2% | 36.4% |
| The School of Liberal Studies at Savannah High Savannah | 575 | 85.0% | 11.0% |
| Johnson High School Savannah | 762 | 83.2% | 25.2% |
Matched among Georgia high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #135 of 411 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #266 of 417 ▼ 51 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.5% | #6 of 32 ▼ 1 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #7 of 24 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #367 of 480 | #11 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #97 of 413 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #304 of 413 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #172 of 425 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #134 of 226 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
433
-91 (-17%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 433 | 30.6 | 14.2:1 | 82% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 46.7 | 9.2:1 | 50% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 32 | 14.9:1 | 98% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 524 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 98% (513) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 96% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 444 | 26 | 17.1:1 | 97% (430) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (403 to 433); teachers up 18% (26 to 30.6).
About Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School is a very small high school in Richmond County, located in Augusta, Georgia. The school serves grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 433 students. It has 61% fewer students than the average for high schools in Georgia (about 1,120).
Richmond County runs Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School along with 51 other schools, enrolling 30,573 students in total.
At Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School, 75% of students are Black. After that, the student body is 12% White, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Richmond County is about 56% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 42%.
There are about 14.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School, which has 30.6. High schools in Georgia average 15.2:1, 1.0 more students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School is about 82%. That is lower than the 93% average for public schools in Richmond County.
On the allk12 Grade, Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School lands at A-, ahead of 80% of Georgia public high schools.
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (47.8%) and its predicted rate (35.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Georgia schools.
Looking at the county, Richmond County, median household income comes to about $55,637, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. The county's public schools total 58, with about 31,674 students.
Rocky Creek Charter Academy, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School is 1st of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
For locale, NCES codes Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School as City: Mid-size.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 433, down from 524 in 2020-21.
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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
- Rocky Creek Charter Academy1.1 mi · 47
- Wheeless Road Elementary School1.1 mi · 649
- Richmond Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 765
- Glenn Hills Elementary School1.3 mi · 370
- Richmond Hill Middle School1.4 mi · 667
- Glenn Hills High School1.5 mi · 839
Frequently asked questions
About Richmond County Technical Career Magnet SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School?
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School enrolls approximately 433 students in grades 06-12.
Is Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School have?
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School?
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School reports a student body of 12% White, 7% Hispanic, 75% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School in?
Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School is part of Richmond County.
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