Glenn Hills Elementary School, Augusta GA

Original Research by School Decision on Glenn Hills Elementary School

Glenn Hills Elementary serves grades pre-kindergarten through fifth in Augusta, a mid-sized Georgia city anchored by healthcare, government, and military employment around Fort Eisenhower. The school sits in a mixed-use region with a historic walkable downtown along the Savannah River, surrounded by residential neighborhoods and suburban development. Housing in the school's zip code is moderately priced relative to state and national benchmarks, with rents stable and median home values in the low range.

Every student at Glenn Hills qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of high economic need. The student body is predominantly Black, with a significant Hispanic minority and very small shares of white and other-race students. Enrollment is small to moderate for an elementary school. Special education and English learner enrollment data were not available.

State assessment results for 2024-25 show proficiency rates well below typical performance. In mathematics across grades three, four, and five, proficiency rates ranged from low single digits, with the highest rate in fifth grade and the lowest in fourth grade. English language arts proficiency was higher than math but still low: third grade was in the low single digits, fourth grade reached double digits, and fifth grade was in the high teens. Fifth-grade science proficiency was also in the low single digits. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Richmond County. These results reflect a school facing significant academic challenges that a parent may want to explore directly with school leadership to understand what support structures exist and what improvement efforts are underway.

Richmond County School System is undergoing a major facilities reorganization. The Long-Range Facilities Master Plan, taking effect in 2026-27, will redraw attendance zones, close several schools including A. Brian Merry Elementary, and repurpose the Josey-Murphey campus into a districtwide College and Career Academy. Glenn Hills is not listed among schools scheduled for closure, but families should confirm how the redistricting affects their child's assignment and feeder pattern to middle and high school. The district is funding new construction at Barton Chapel Elementary and the College and Career Academy through voter-approved sales tax without raising property taxes. The board also chose to preserve the traditional school calendar rather than move to year-round instruction, maintaining a full summer break.

For families in this neighborhood, Glenn Hills represents an elementary option within a district actively reshaping its footprint. The sustained low academic proficiency warrants direct conversation with the school about literacy and math support, intervention programs, and what has changed or is planned. The school's composition is predominantly low-income and majority-Black, reflecting Augusta's demographic makeup in parts of the city; families should assess whether the school's peer environment and resources align with their child's needs.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 37%

School 7% · District 21% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 33 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 44%

School 4% · District 21% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 41 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 59%

School 9% · District 19% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 34%

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

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 415%

School 15% · District 21% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 26% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Science

Grade 57%

School 7% · District 20% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Social studies

Grades 3-854%

School 54% · district not reported

▼ 30 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below 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.