Walker Traditional Elementary School

Walker Traditional Elementary School is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in Augusta, Georgia, operated by Richmond County, with 646 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

Walker Traditional Elementary School is one of 52 schools operated by Richmond County, a district that caters to 30,573 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Walker Traditional Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Black, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 11% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Asian. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 56% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at Walker Traditional Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Richmond County's rate of about 93%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Walker Traditional Elementary School is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 68.1%, a residual of +32.9 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Richmond County) logs that median household earnings sit near $55,637, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Richmond County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), of which Walker Traditional Elementary School is one.

Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Walker Traditional Elementary School comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Looking at the recent track record. Walker Traditional Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 791 (now 646). The Black share of enrollment grew from 53% to 76% over that span.

On the community side, members of the Walker Traditional Elementary School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.