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Wilkinson Gardens Elementary School is a public elementary school in Augusta, Georgia, serving grades PK-5 with 466 students. The school is part of the Richmond County School District, which is ranked 176 out of 203 districts in Georgia and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Wilkinson Gardens Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom 10% of Georgia elementary schools over the past decade, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Wilkinson Gardens Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the Richmond County and Georgia state averages on the Milestones Assessments. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 12.7% of 3rd graders, 4.3% of 4th graders, and 26.2% of 5th graders were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 20.6%, 16.9%, and 26.9% for Richmond County, and 38.4%, 37%, and 48.2% for the state of Georgia, respectively. The school also has an extremely high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 97.85% in the 2022-2023 school year, and has seen a decline in per-student spending, from $9,442 in 2016-2017 to $7,264 in 2018-2019.
When comparing Wilkinson Gardens Elementary to the nearby schools in the Richmond County district, it becomes clear that the school is among the lowest-performing in the area. For example, Walker Traditional Elementary, located just 1.89 miles away, consistently outperforms Wilkinson Gardens Elementary on the Milestones Assessments, with proficiency rates that are 40-60 percentage points higher. This suggests that the school faces significant challenges in terms of addressing the needs of its economically disadvantaged student population and that more targeted interventions and support are needed to improve student outcomes.
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