NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools GA

Best-Resourced Schools in Richmond Hill, GA

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7 public K-12 schools in Richmond Hill from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
8,705
Students
44.7/100
Avg Resource Index
16:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Richmond Hill has more public-school enrollment than 77% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Richmond Hill's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Richmond Hill's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 5-point gap between Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School and Richmond Hill Middle School shows the range hidden by Richmond Hill's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 23%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
69th percentile
Teacher staffing
43rd percentile

Richmond Hill High School accounts for 30.7% of all Richmond Hill public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Richmond Hill-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richmond Hill school enrollment varies 4.1× across entities

Richmond Hill school enrollment ranges from 658 students (lowest) to 2,671 students (highest), a spread of 2,013 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richmond Hill operates one school district — a single-district system

Richmond Hill's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Richmond Hill student-teacher ratio is 16.0:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Richmond Hill is typically wider than the Richmond Hill-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School 47
2. Mcallister Elementary School 46
3. Frances Meeks Elementary School 46
4. Richmond Hill Elementary School 46
5. Richmond Hill High School 43
6. Richmond Hill Primary School 43
7. Richmond Hill Middle School 42

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Richmond Hill

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Richmond Hill Elementary School 71.1/100
  2. 2 Richmond Hill Primary School 66.7/100
  3. 3 Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School 65.7/100
  4. 4 Richmond Hill High School 60.2/100
  5. 5 Richmond Hill Middle School 59.2/100

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Which Richmond Hill school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Dr. George Washington Carver Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Richmond Hill schools in this federal-data comparison at 47/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Richmond Hill, GA? ▼

Richmond Hill has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,705 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.