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What's the most underrated thing about Tutt Middle School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
617
Middle
DISTRICT 640 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001574
Tutt Middle School
495 Boy Scout Rd, Augusta, GA 30909 · (706) 737-7288 · Richmond County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL617 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.8:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
617 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
16.7%
GA avg 40.1% . +0.5pp since 2021
Math
10.5%
GA avg 44.6% . -0.1pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 17 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 have held steady.
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
12.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
617
+136 (+28%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.2:1
% White
9%
was 20%
% Hispanic
5%
was 4%
% Black
78%
was 71%
% Asian
2%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Tutt Middle School
Tutt Middle School is an intermediate school of intimate scale in Augusta, Georgia, operated by Richmond County, instructing 617 students in grades 6 through 8.
Tutt Middle School is one of 52 schools operated by Richmond County, a district that teaches 30,573 students overall.
Looking at the student body, Tutt Middle School logs that 78% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 9% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 56% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Tutt Middle 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 12.0%, a residual of -13.7 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Richmond County put median household earnings sit near $55,637, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Richmond County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), Tutt Middle School is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Merry Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tutt Middle School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tutt Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 18.4%.
Tutt Middle School operates from a high-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 28%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 617 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 20% to 9% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for Tutt Middle School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Merry Elementary School0.5 mi · 401
- Langford Middle School0.5 mi · 719
- Lake Forest Hills Elementary School1.2 mi · 719
- Warren Road Elementary School1.7 mi · 665
- Monte Sano Elementary School2.0 mi · 410
- Westside High School2.0 mi · 1,088
Frequently asked questions
About Tutt Middle SchoolHow large is Tutt Middle School?
Tutt Middle School enrolls approximately 617 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Tutt Middle School serve?
Tutt Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Tutt Middle School have?
Tutt Middle School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tutt Middle School?
At Tutt Middle School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 5% Hispanic, 78% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Tutt Middle School public or private?
Tutt Middle 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.