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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438000570
Tobacco Road Elementary School
2397 Tobacco Rd, Augusta, GA 30906 · (706) 796-4658 · Richmond County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Georgia public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
411 students
DISTRICT 94% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
28%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
13.6%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.1pp since 2021
Math
10.7%
GA avg 44.6% . -1.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.6% | 10.7% |
| 2023-24 | 16.2% | 12.1% |
| 2022-23 | 13.5% | 14.6% |
| 2021-22 | 13.4% | 12.2% |
% 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
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Tobacco Road Elementary School
Tobacco Road Elementary School's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobacco Road Elementary School this school | 411 | 100.0% | 15.5% |
| Monte Sano Elementary School Augusta | 410 | 100.0% | 15.9% |
| Lonnie Jackson Academy Columbus | 395 | 100.0% | 20.2% |
| Georgetown Elementary School Columbus | 394 | 100.0% | 14.9% |
| Turner Elementary School Albany | 412 | 100.0% | 19.8% |
| Dorothy Height Elementary School Columbus | 419 | 100.0% | 12.5% |
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 Tobacco Road Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,138 of 1,208 | #18 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #1,192 of 1,215 ▼ 21 | #25 of 29 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #1,157 of 1,215 ▼ 40 | #21 of 29 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #373 of 1,183 | #9 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #1,074 of 1,324 | #19 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #981 of 1,301 | #25 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #1,091 of 1,301 | #20 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #358 of 1,312 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.6% | #654 of 854 | #14 of 15 |
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
411
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-46% since 2000-01, when it was 755
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
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 | 411 | 28.3 | 14.5:1 | 100% (411) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 35.9 | 12.0:1 | 87% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 98% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 98% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 440 | 28 | 15.7:1 | 96% (424) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 27 | 17.3:1 | 97% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 75% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 40 | 18.9:1 | 64% (483) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tobacco Road Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (440 to 411); teachers up 1% (28 to 28.3).
About Tobacco Road Elementary School
Tobacco Road Elementary School, a small elementary school, is located in Augusta, Georgia. The school reports 411 students in pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students.
Besides Tobacco Road Elementary School, Richmond County runs 51 other schools. The district enrolls 30,573 students.
Federal enrollment data show Tobacco Road Elementary School is 84% Black. It is also 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 4% White. Richmond County's residents are about 56% Black, 28 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 28% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Tobacco Road Elementary School operates with 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Georgia have 13.3:1, compared with 14.5:1 here. Tobacco Road Elementary School reports 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Tobacco Road Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Tobacco Road Elementary School is 10.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 15.5% actual, 25.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Georgia.
Within Richmond County, the median household income is $55,637, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 17% of people live in poverty. Besides Tobacco Road Elementary School, Richmond County has 57 other public schools.
Diamond Lakes Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Tobacco Road Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 411, starting from 419.
The Tobacco Road Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Diamond Lakes Elementary School1.3 mi · 579
- Gracewood Elementary School1.8 mi · 393
- Meadowbrook Elementary School2.2 mi · 447
- Richmond Hill Elementary School2.2 mi · 765
- Richmond Hill Middle School2.3 mi · 667
- Spirit Creek Middle School2.4 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Tobacco Road Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Tobacco Road Elementary School?
Tobacco Road Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tobacco Road Elementary School serve?
Tobacco Road Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tobacco Road Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Tobacco Road Elementary School.
How diverse is Tobacco Road Elementary School?
Tobacco Road Elementary School reports a student body of 4% White, 5% Hispanic, 84% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Tobacco Road Elementary School public or private?
Tobacco Road 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.