Gracewood Elementary School, Augusta GA

Original Research by School Decision on Gracewood Elementary School

Gracewood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Augusta that serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It sits on Tobacco Road in a region experiencing significant school reorganization as Richmond County reshapes its facilities over the next few years. The school's enrollment is small for the elementary level, with a mix of grades from early learners through older elementary students.

The student population is predominantly Black, with smaller shares of white and multiracial students and a handful of Asian and Hispanic learners. Every student at Gracewood qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the neighborhood's economic profile. The school sits in zip code 30906 in a part of Augusta where housing values are modest and rents modest as well, part of a broader Augusta real-estate market that remains one of Georgia's most affordable.

Academic proficiency across tested subjects is notably low. In math, roughly one in five students overall score at proficiency, though this breaks down sharply by grade: third grade math proficiency sits below one-third, fourth grade near one-fifth, and fifth grade around one-seventh. English language arts shows a similar pattern, with third grade at roughly one-quarter proficient and fourth and fifth grades dropping into the low teens and low twenties respectively. In science, tested only in fifth grade, proficiency sits in the low twenties. When aggregated, overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades lands above the midpoint of other districts in Richmond County, but remains a genuine area of weakness for the school's students. A parent considering Gracewood should treat low academic proficiency as a significant constraint and ask the school directly what interventions exist in reading, math, and foundational skills, and what the school's own growth targets are.

The school is experiencing major system change. Richmond County has voted to close and consolidate several schools, redraw attendance zones, and open a new College and Career Academy starting in the 2026-27 school year. Families with children at Gracewood should confirm directly with the school and district which attendance zones and feeder patterns apply as the district transitions its long-term facilities plan. The district has also committed to a traditional school calendar with roughly ten weeks of summer break rather than shifting to a year-round model.

Data on special education enrollment, English learner status, staffing, discipline, and attendance was not available, so a parent seeking detail on these areas should contact the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 332%

School 32% · District 21% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 418%

School 18% · District 21% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 515%

School 15% · District 19% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 326%

School 26% · District 19% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 420%

School 20% · District 21% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 26% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 20% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Social studies

Grades 3-871%

School 71% · district not reported

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

This schoolRichmond County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.