Wheeless Road Elementary School

Set in Augusta, Georgia, Wheeless Road Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school, one of the schools within Richmond County. It enrolls 649 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within Richmond County, which oversees 52 schools and 30,573 students, Wheeless Road Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Wheeless Road Elementary School lists that nearly all students (86%) are Black; the rest consists of 6% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 56%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Wheeless Road Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 25.7%; Wheeless Road Elementary School posts 8.5%, -17.1 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Richmond County indicate median household income runs about $55,637, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Richmond County runs 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), of which Wheeless Road Elementary School is one.

Rocky Creek Charter Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Wheeless Road Elementary School at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 14.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

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