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Enrollment
646
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHMOND COUNTY·NCES 130438001556
Walker Traditional Elementary School
1301 Wrightsboro Rd, Augusta, GA 30901 · (706) 823-6950 · Richmond County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
527 students
DISTRICT 94% · STATE 74%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
40%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
72.5%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.6pp since 2021
Math
67.3%
GA avg 44.6% . +15.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.5% | 67.3% |
| 2023-24 | 66.7% | 67.8% |
| 2022-23 | 67.2% | 67.8% |
| 2021-22 | 64.9% | 51.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+32.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 33 points, placing it in Georgia's top 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 Walker Traditional Elementary School
Walker Traditional Elementary School's state test result (68.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Traditional Elementary School this school | 646 | 81.6% | 68.1% |
| Belair Elementary School Augusta | 675 | 82.4% | 21.7% |
| Wesley Lakes Elementary School McDonough | 564 | 83.3% | 20.0% |
| Locust Grove Elementary School Locust Grove | 576 | 75.0% | 29.7% |
| Isle of Hope School Savannah | 569 | 88.0% | 20.8% |
| DeKalb Arts Academy Avondale Estates | 768 | 76.0% | 54.5% |
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 Walker Traditional Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Richmond County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.1% | #113 of 1,208 | #1 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.3% | #158 of 1,215 ▼ 9 | #1 of 29 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #52 of 1,215 ▲ 57 | #1 of 29 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.6pp | #87 of 1,183 | #2 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #493 of 1,324 | #7 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,225 of 1,301 | #29 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #943 of 1,301 | #12 of 30 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #695 of 1,312 | #29 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #270 of 854 | #8 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
646
-69 (-10%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 646 | 40.4 | 16.0:1 | 82% (527) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 43.4 | 15.5:1 | 67% (452) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 41.5 | 14.0:1 | 54% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 36% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 791 | 47.2 | 16.8:1 | 96% (762) |
| 2015-16 | 842 | 47 | 17.9:1 | 97% (815) |
| 2010-11 | 843 | 42 | 20.1:1 | 43% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 658 | 36 | 18.3:1 | 38% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 660 | 35 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Walker Traditional Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (791 to 646); teachers down 14% (47.2 to 40.4).
About Walker Traditional Elementary School
Walker Traditional Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Georgia, located in Augusta. Its 646 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Richmond County operates 52 schools. Combined enrollment is 30,573 students.
Roughly 76% of students at Walker Traditional Elementary School are Black. Other groups include 11% White, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. By comparison, Richmond County residents are about 56% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 40% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.0 students per teacher. That is 2.6 students per teacher above the 13.3:1 average for elementary schools in Georgia. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 82% of students. The gap from the 93% average for public schools in Richmond County is 11 points.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Walker Traditional Elementary School ranks in the top 10% in Georgia. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 68.1%, against a prediction of 35.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Richmond County show that the median household income is $55,637, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. Besides Walker Traditional Elementary School, Richmond County has 57 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Walker Traditional Elementary School to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Walker Traditional Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 69 fewer students in 2024-25.
Discussions about Walker Traditional Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School0.3 mi · 640
- Laney High School0.3 mi · 736
- Davidson Fine Arts Magnet0.9 mi · 747
- Josey High School1.0 mi · 625
- Murphey Middle School1.0 mi · 512
- Academy of Richmond County High School1.4 mi · 1,178
Frequently asked questions
About Walker Traditional Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Walker Traditional Elementary School?
Walker Traditional Elementary School enrolls approximately 646 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Walker Traditional Elementary School serve?
Walker Traditional Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Walker Traditional Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Walker Traditional Elementary School is approximately 16.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Walker Traditional Elementary School?
At Walker Traditional Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 4% Hispanic, 76% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Walker Traditional Elementary School?
Walker Traditional Elementary School is overseen by Richmond County in Richmond County.
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