Belair Middle School, Augusta: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Belair Middle website, the Richmond County School System’s school directory, School Zone and Bus Stop Locator and 2026-27 calendar (PDF), the 2026 facilities master plan FAQ, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.

Belair Middle School is a Richmond County School System middle school on Potential Way in west Augusta. It serves sixth through eighth grade. Belair was a single K-8 school until the district split it into Belair Elementary and Belair Middle; the state’s data first list Belair Middle as its own school in 2025.

• Address: 150 Potential Way, Augusta, GA 30909
• Phone: 706-796-4952
• Grades: 6 to 8
• Website: bms.rcboe.org

Who to call

• Belair Middle front office: 706-796-4952
• Register a new student: the district’s Registration Central, then the school
• Bus routes: the Transportation Department, 706-796-4777
• Richmond County School System central office: 706-826-1000
• Is this your school? Check an address in the School Zone and Bus Stop Locator

Principal

Principal Rischa Sturgis, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 901 students at Belair Middle in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is for Belair K-8 School before the split: 1,061 students from pre-K through eighth grade and 78 full-time-equivalent teachers.

State report card

Belair Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 66.0, according to the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for middle schools was 78.4 and the Richmond County School System’s was 69.6. This is the first year the state reports Belair Middle on its own, so there is no earlier score to compare. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Belair Middle report card.

CCRPI is the Georgia Department of Education’s “comprehensive school improvement, accountability, and communication platform,” according to GaDOE. The single score runs from 0 to 100 and is built from content mastery, progress, closing gaps and readiness, plus graduation rate for high schools. Georgia does not publish an A-to-F letter grade for schools in its 2025 data.

Georgia Milestones end-of-grade tests, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

The same data put 43.7% of eighth graders (Georgia: 56.4%) reading at or above grade level.

Attendance zone

Zones are set by the Richmond County School System and do not follow neighborhood lines or city limits. Check any address in the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator. The district does not publish a feeder list; the feeder schools below come from that locator, which we checked at about 1,200 points across Richmond County on Oct. 6, 2026. Three elementary schools feed Belair Middle: Sue Reynolds, which covers about half of its zone, Belair and Copeland. Students go on to the Academy of Richmond County or Westside High; in our check, a little over half the zone went to ARC. Our Belair neighborhood guide found all of Belair zoned for Belair Middle.

The district’s plan FAQ moves the Belfair Lakes subdivision to Belair Elementary, Belair Middle and Westside High, a boundary change it describes as permanent. The district’s master plan page has the hearing recordings and updates.

Calendar

From the district’s board-approved 2026-27 calendar (PDF):

• Thursday, Oct. 8: PowerUp asynchronous learning day; students learn on their own instead of in class
• Friday, Oct. 9: student holiday
• Oct. 12-13: fall break
• Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day holiday
• Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving holiday
• Dec. 23 to Jan. 5: Christmas and winter break; the second semester begins Thursday, Jan. 7
• April 5-12, 2027: spring break
• Wednesday, May 26, 2027: last day of school, early release

Bell times

The district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator lists school hours of 9:15 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. for Belair Middle. Bus stop times for any address are in the same tool, and the Transportation Department answers questions at 706-796-4777.

More

• The school’s website
• The state’s report card for Belair Middle
• The district’s school directory, with every school’s principal, address and phone
• Every public school that serves Augusta, with zones and scores: our Augusta public schools guide
• District calendar, registration and the Board of Education: our Augusta schools guide

Frequently asked questions

What grades does Belair Middle serve?

Sixth through eighth grade.

What is Belair Middle’s CCRPI score?

66.0 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against an average of 78.4 for Georgia middle schools.

Which high school does Belair Middle feed into?

Part of the zone goes on to the Academy of Richmond County and part to Westside High, according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.

What time does Belair Middle start?

9:15 a.m., with dismissal at 4:05 p.m., according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.

Who is the principal of Belair Middle?

Rischa Sturgis, according to the Richmond County School System’s school directory on Oct. 6, 2026.