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If you could change one rule at Richmond Hill Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
662
Elementary
DISTRICT 839 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRYAN COUNTY·NCES 130057002389
Richmond Hill Elementary School
473 Frances Meeks Way, Richmond Hill, GA 31324 · (912) 459-5100 · Bryan County
GRADES 02–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL662 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
281 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 318 | 48% |
| Grade 3 | 344 | 52% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Richmond Hill Elementary School→Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bryan County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
44.2%
GA avg 40.1% . -7.2pp since 2021
Math
56.3%
GA avg 44.6% . -4.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 56.5% |
| 2022-23 | 54.8% | 66.5% |
| 2021-22 | 51.4% | 61.2% |
% 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
50.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Hill Elementary School
Richmond Hill Elementary School's state test result (50.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond Hill Elementary School this school | 662 | 42.4% | 50.7% |
| Richmond Hill Primary School Richmond Hill | 733 | 43.9% | N/A |
| Eastvalley Elementary School Marietta | 679 | 42.1% | 52.5% |
| Chalker Elementary School Kennesaw | 679 | 47.6% | 42.5% |
| Blue Ridge Elementary School Evans | 612 | 48.5% | 66.1% |
| Evans Elementary School Evans | 730 | 39.0% | 64.1% |
Matched among Georgia elementary 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 Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Bryan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #339 of 1,208 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #302 of 1,215 ▲ 7 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #374 of 1,215 ▲ 21 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.1pp | #90 of 1,183 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 662 | #453 of 1,324 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #642 of 1,301 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #93 of 1,301 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #1,105 of 1,312 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #661 of 854 | N/A |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
662
+47 (+8%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 903
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 662 | 49.5 | 13.4:1 | 42% (281) |
| 2023-24 | 670 | 47.1 | 14.2:1 | 45% (304) |
| 2022-23 | 677 | 46.6 | 14.5:1 | 37% (253) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 33% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 707 | 47.8 | 14.8:1 | 38% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 46 | 16.1:1 | 38% (279) |
| 2010-11 | 903 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 33% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richmond Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (707 to 662); teachers up 4% (47.8 to 49.5).
About Richmond Hill Elementary School
The public elementary school Richmond Hill Elementary School is located in Richmond Hill, Georgia. The school counted 662 students in 2024-25, covering grades 2 through 3.
Richmond Hill Elementary School is one of 10 schools in Bryan County, which enrolls 10,677 students in total.
About 45% of students at Richmond Hill Elementary School are White, the largest single group. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, 12% multiracial, and 7% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 71%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Richmond Hill Elementary School comes to 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.4:1. It is about the same as the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. On the income side, 42% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Richmond Hill Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of Georgia public elementary schools.
A school with Richmond Hill Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Georgia is predicted to score 55.4%. Richmond Hill Elementary School scores 50.7%, 4.7 points below that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Bryan County show that median household income comes to about $103,408, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 36% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 10, with about 10,677 students.
Of the public schools around it, Richmond Hill Elementary School is closest to Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. On average proficiency, Richmond Hill Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 8%, from 615 to 662. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 15.4:1 to 13.4:1.
The allk12 page for Richmond Hill Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Bryan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
48,263
Census ACS
Median income
$103,408
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
10,677 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bryan County
- Richmond Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,671 students
- Richmond Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,022 students
- McAllister Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,051 students
- Bryan County Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,020 students
- Frances Meeks Elementary SchoolElementary · 908 students
- Richmond Hill Primary SchoolElementary · 733 students
Other schools in Richmond Hill
- Richmond Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,671 students
- Richmond Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 2,022 students
- McAllister Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,051 students
- Frances Meeks Elementary SchoolElementary · 908 students
- Richmond Hill Primary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
Other Richmond Hill Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Richmond Hill Elementary. Richmond Hill Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolAugusta, GA · 765 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School0.1 mi · 658
- Richmond Hill Primary School0.2 mi · 733
- Richmond Hill High School0.8 mi · 2,671
- Southwest Middle School5.2 mi · 528
- Southwest Elementary School5.3 mi · 769
- McAllister Elementary School5.4 mi · 1,051
Frequently asked questions
About Richmond Hill Elementary SchoolHow large is Richmond Hill Elementary School?
Richmond Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 662 students in grades 02-03.
What age range does Richmond Hill Elementary School serve?
Richmond Hill Elementary School serves students from grade 02 through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at Richmond Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Richmond Hill Elementary School.
How diverse is Richmond Hill Elementary School?
Richmond Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 45% White, 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, 7% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Richmond Hill Elementary School public or private?
Richmond Hill Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bryan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.