Richmond County School System

Richmond County School System
Address
864 Broad Street
Augusta
, Georgia, 30901-1215
United States
Coordinates33°28′33″N 81°58′00″W / 33.4757°N 81.9667°W / 33.4757; -81.9667[1]
District information
GradesPre-kindergarten – 12
SuperintendentKenneth Bradshaw[2]
Chair of the boardCharlie Walker Jr.
Accreditation(s)Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Georgia Accrediting Commission
Budget$375-400M (FY2021)
Students and staff
Enrollment29,589 (2022–23)[3]
Faculty2,136.30 (FTE)[3]
Student–teacher ratio13.85[3]
Other information
Telephone(706) 826-1000
Websitercboe.org
Richmond County Board of Education central office in 2006

The Richmond County School System is an American public school system based in Augusta, Georgia. Its boundary is that of Richmond County.[4]

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. It serves consolidated Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia and the south Richmond County cities of Hephzibah and Blythe. The system has an enrollment of around 32,000 students, attending 36 elementary schools, ten middle schools, eight high schools, four magnet schools, and three other schools. The school board has its own police department which provides law enforcement services to all the district's schools.[5]

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 fine arts elementary magnet school, a vocational magnet school, and second magnet traditional elementary school.[6]

  1. ^ "Free US Geocoder". Archived from the original on May 11, 2011. Retrieved June 26, 2010.
  2. ^ Board picks Roberson to lead schools, Augusta Chronicle
  3. ^ a b c "Richmond County". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  4. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Richmond County, GA" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved October 25, 2024. - Text list
  5. ^ "Richmond County School System / Homepage". Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved December 23, 2007.
  6. ^ Georgia schools / Your Community Chronicle 2007 - The Augusta Chronicle Archived September 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine