The Richmond County School System is an American

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system based in Augusta, Georgia. It is run by the Richmond County Board of Education which, under Article VIII, § V, Paragraph 2, requires that each school system be under the management and control of an elected board of education. As elected Constitutional officials of Georgia, the school board members are responsible for setting educational policies, employing school personnel, providing buildings and equipment, operating a transportation system, and disbursing school funds. The board of education meets in the Richmond County Board of Education building at 864 Broad Street in

Augusta, Georgia Augusta ( ), officially Augusta–Richmond County, is a consolidated city-county on the central eastern border of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. The city lies across the Savannah River from South Carolina at the head of its navig ...

. It serves consolidated Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia and the south Richmond County cities of Hephzibah and

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. The system has an enrollment of around 32,000 students, attending 36

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s, and three other schools. The school board has its own

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which provides law enforcement services to all the district's schools. The Richmond County School System is in the third phase of a construction program that will renovate older schools and add new schools, particularly for its magnet program. This will include a

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On the most recent state-mandated testing of the academic achievement as well as college- and career-readiness of its students (2019 Georgia Milestones Assessment System-GMAS), the Richmond County School System was ranked among the bottom-ten of the 180 public school systems in Georgia.

Schools

Elementary schools

*A. Brian Merry Elementary School *Barton Chapel Elementary School *Bayvale Elementary School *Belair K-8 School *Blythe Elementary School *Copeland Elementary School *Deer Chase Elementary School *Diamond Lakes Elementary School *Freedom Park Elementary School *Garrett Elementary School *Glenn Hills Elementary School *Goshen Elementary School *Gracewood Elementary School *Hains Elementary School *Hephzibah Elementary School *Hornsby K-8 School *Jamestown Elementary School *Jenkins-White Elementary School *Lake Forest Hills Elementary School *Lamar-Millege Elementary School *McBean Elementary School *Meadowbrook Elementary School *Monte Sano Elementary School *Richmond Hill K-8 *Sue Reynolds Elementary School *Terrace Manor Elementary School *Tobacco Road Elementary School *Warren Road Elementary School *Wheeless Road Elementary School *Wilkinson Gardens Elementary School *Willis Foreman Elementary School

Middle schools

* Belair K-8 School * Freedom Park K-8 School *Glenn Hills Middle School *Hephzibah Middle School *Hornsby Middle School *Langford Middle School *Murphey Middle School *Pine Hill Middle School *Richmond Hill K-8 School *Spirit Creek Middle School *Tutt Middle School

High schools

Academy of Richmond County The Academy of Richmond County is a high school located in Augusta, Georgia, United States. Known previously as Richmond County Military Academy, it is commonly known as Richmond Academy or ARC. Chartered in 1783, it is listed as the sixth old ...

Cross Creek High School Cross Creek High School (CCHS) is a public high school located in the South Augusta area of Augusta, Georgia, United States. The school is located within the Richmond County School System. History Cross Creek High School opened in 1999, for con ...

* George P. Butler High School *

Glenn Hills High School Glenn Hills Comprehensive High School is a public high school located in the south Augusta area of Augusta, Georgia, United States. It opened in 1967. Athletics The school mascot is a Spartan, and the school colors are Columbia blue and silver. ...

Hephzibah High School Hephzibah High School is a high school located in south Richmond County in the town of Hephzibah, Georgia, United States. It is the largest high school, by attendance, in the Richmond County School System. It is located in a rural area and its stu ...

Lucy Craft Laney High School Lucy C. Laney Comprehensive High School (Laney High School) is a public high school in the Laney-Walker district of Augusta, Georgia, United States. It was formed in 1949 by combining the A. R. Johnson and Haines Normal and Industrial Institute. ...

T. W. Josey High School T. W. Josey Comprehensive High School (commonly referred to as T. W. Josey or Josey High School) is a public high school in Augusta, Georgia, Augusta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Josey's campus is located several blocks south of ...

* Westside High School

Magnet schools

A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet High School Augustus R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet Middle and High School is a public seven-year magnet school, magnet school in downtown Augusta, Georgia, Augusta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, drawing students from grades ...

C. T. Walker Traditional Magnet School Charles Thomas Walker Traditional Magnet School (C.T. Walker) is a public examination school located in the Laney-Walker district of Augusta, Georgia, United States. It draws students from kindergarten through eighth grade from all parts of the ...

John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School (DFA) is a public magnet school for the fine and performing arts located in downtown Augusta, Georgia, United States. It draws students in grades 6 through 12 throughout Richmond County. In addition to a ...

Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School Richmond County Technical Career Magnet School (RCTCM) is a magnet school for the arts and technical careers located in the South Augusta area of Augusta, Georgia, United States. It was formed in 2012 at the former Joseph R. Lamar School in Downt ...

Other schools

*Alternative School at Morgan Road *Sand Hills Program *Cyber Academy of Excellence *eSchool *Marion E. Barnes Career Center *Reaching Maximum Potential through Manufacturing *Performance Learning Center

References

External links

Richmond County Schools
{{Authority control School districts in Georgia (U.S. state) Education in Richmond County, Georgia Education in Augusta, Georgia