Tobacco Road Elementary School

Tobacco Road Elementary School, a tight-knit primary school in Augusta, Georgia, part of Richmond County, instructs 411 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Tobacco Road Elementary School sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

Richmond County comprises 52 schools with combined enrollment of 30,573 students; Tobacco Road Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Tobacco Road Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (84%). Beyond that, the school lists 6% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% White. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 56% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Tobacco Road 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 15.5%, a residual of -10.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Richmond County put the typical household earns roughly $55,637 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Richmond County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), Tobacco Road Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Diamond Lakes Elementary School, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tobacco Road Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 13.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tobacco Road Elementary School has ticked down 7%, going from 440 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share fell from 90% to 84%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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