District profile / Georgia

Richmond County

Augusta, Georgia · Superintendent: Malinda Cobb · #14 of 160 Georgia districts by enrollment

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28,923

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$11,826

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Georgia median

14.4

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Georgia median 13.9

Richmond County is a public school district based in Augusta, Georgia, serving 28,923 students in 49 schools. By enrollment it ranks #14 of the 160 Georgia districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 92% of them. Its schools average 590 students each, fewer than the Georgia median of 662. Its superintendent is Malinda Cobb. It spends about $11,826 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 14.4 students per teacher.

How Richmond County compares

Richmond CountyGeorgia median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$11,826

Georgia median $11,989 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,907

Georgia median $7,267 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school590

Georgia median 662 · 11% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher14.4

Georgia median 13.9 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor336

Georgia median 425 · 21% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$412.9 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 19%State 45%Local 36%

Measure	Richmond County	Georgia median	Year
Current spending per student	$11,826	$11,989	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,907	$7,267	FY2020-21
Total spending	$379.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$412.9 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	2,007	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	4,346	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	14.4	13.9	2024-25
Students per counselor	336	425	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Georgia median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Malinda Cobb

Superintendent, Richmond County

Source: Georgia School Superintendents Association member directory, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in Georgia

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Houston CountyPerry	30,939	38	$12,263	14.9	#12
Muscogee CountyColumbus	29,362	52	$11,503	14.0	#13
Richmond CountyAugusta · this district	28,923	49	$11,826	14.4	#14
Columbia CountyEvans	28,566	30	$10,164	15.8	#15
Hall CountyGainesville	27,257	36	$11,267	14.4	#16

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Spokane School DistrictSpokane, WA	28,853	$15,579	14.8
Tacoma School DistrictTacoma, WA	28,847	$15,922	18.8
Richland 02Columbia, SC	28,841	$12,557	13.8
Visalia UnifiedVisalia, CA	28,809	$12,738	21.5

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ga-richmond-county