Augusta, GA

Kids in Augusta

Public-school enrollment and staffing from NCES, plus bedrooms, childcare and how educated the adults already here are. This is not a GreatSchools ranking.

Public-school students: 93,280; NCES CCD 2024-2025, regular and charter districts in this metro.
Pupil–teacher ratio: 14.5; 6,413 teachers across 9 districts and 144 schools.
Districts / schools: 9 / 144; Open regular, component and charter LEAs geocoded to this CBSA.

Bedrooms you set: 1; A household this size usually wants a studio.
Childcare in this setup: $0; No kids under 5 in the current household, so this is $0.
Leftover with current kids: $2,088; After tax, rent and everything else.

Largest public school districts

The 9 biggest open regular and charter districts geocoded to the Augusta metro, ranked by students enrolled. District websites are the direct source for enrollment boundaries, calendars and programs.

District	City	Students	Schools	Pupil–teacher
Richmond County	Augusta	28,923	49	14.4
Columbia County	Evans	28,566	30	15.7
Aiken 01	Aiken	22,916	41	14.4
Burke County	Waynesboro	3,841	5	11.6
McDuffie County	Thomson	3,088	6	14.2
Edgefield 01	Johnston	3,069	8	12.5
Lincoln County	Lincolnton	1,261	3	14.6
State Specialty Schools I- Georgia School for Innovation and	Hephzibah	1,015	1	14.3
State Specialty Schools II- SAIL Charter Academy - School fo	Evans	554	1	13

Richmond County
Augusta
Students
28,923
Schools
49
Pupil–teacher
14.4
Columbia County
Evans
Students
28,566
Schools
30
Pupil–teacher
15.7
Aiken 01
Aiken
Students
22,916
Schools
41
Pupil–teacher
14.4
Burke County
Waynesboro
Students
3,841
Schools
5
Pupil–teacher
11.6
McDuffie County
Thomson
Students
3,088
Schools
6
Pupil–teacher
14.2
Edgefield 01
Johnston
Students
3,069
Schools
8
Pupil–teacher
12.5
Lincoln County
Lincolnton
Students
1,261
Schools
3
Pupil–teacher
14.6
State Specialty Schools I- Georgia School for Innovation and
Hephzibah
Students
1,015
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
14.3
State Specialty Schools II- SAIL Charter Academy - School fo
Evans
Students
554
Schools
1
Pupil–teacher
13

Source: NCES CCD 2024–25, LEA directory, membership and staff files. Pupil–teacher is students divided by reported teacher FTE.

Public schools by level

Primary: 78; Elementary grades
Middle: 31; Middle or junior high
High: 30; Secondary grades
Other: 2; K–12, ungraded, alternative

141 open public schools in the NCES CCD 2024–25 school directory, grouped by the level NCES assigns from grades offered.

Where the Augusta metro sits

Roughly the core of the Augusta, GA metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.

School photos and ratings need a Google Places or GreatSchools key we don't ship; the district websites above are the direct source.

If this were a family of four

Two adults, two kids, one under five, three bedrooms: leftover in Augusta would be -$234 a month, with $1,106 going to childcare. Run that household on the paycheck page →

Enrollment and staffing: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-2025, joined to metros with NCES EDGE LEA geocodes. Childcare is a national baseline scaled by this metro's cost index — not a daycare quote. No test-score rankings.