W.S. Hornsby Elementary School

Set in Augusta, Georgia, W.S. Hornsby Elementary School is a low-enrollment primary school, run under Richmond County. It educates 508 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 52 schools in Richmond County (30,573 students total), W.S. Hornsby Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, W.S. Hornsby Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (96%). Other groups include 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Richmond County as a whole is about 56% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, W.S. Hornsby Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 25.7%; actual is 7.8%, a gap of -17.9 points.

In the area at large, Richmond County reports that median household earnings sit near $55,637, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Richmond County's 58 public schools (combined enrollment of about 31,674 students), W.S. Hornsby Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

W.S. Hornsby Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 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 W.S. Hornsby Elementary School at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

W.S. Hornsby Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. W.S. Hornsby Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 53% since 2018, when it stood at 333 (now 508). Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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