Butler High School, Augusta: zone, report card and calendar

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Butler High 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 GHSA’s 2026-27 region alignments, the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.

George P. Butler Comprehensive High School, known as Butler High, is a Richmond County School System high school on Lumpkin Road in south Augusta. It serves ninth through 12th grade.

• Address: 2011 Lumpkin Road, Augusta, GA 30906
• Phone: 706-796-4959
• Grades: 9 to 12
• Website: butler.rcboe.org

Who to call

• Butler High front office: 706-796-4959
• 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 Valerie Squire-Kelly, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 1,014 students at Butler High in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 900 students and 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.2 students per teacher.

State report card

Butler High’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 40.5, according to the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for high schools was 76.9 and the Richmond County School System’s was 56.9. The school’s single score was 48.2 in 2023, 42.5 in 2024 and 40.5 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Butler High 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-course tests, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

The four-year graduation rate for the class of 2025 was 78.3%, against 87.2% statewide. For the class of 2026 it rose 4.95 points to 83.25%, according to a Sept. 28, 2026, district release based on Georgia Department of Education data; the district rate was 84.2% and the state’s 88.5%.

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. Butler’s zone is fed by Richmond Hill Middle, which sends most of its zone to Butler and part to T.W. Josey. The elementary schools in Butler’s zone are Richmond Hill Elementary, part of A. Dorothy Hains Elementary and part of Tobacco Road Elementary.

Under the district’s 2026 Long-Range Facilities Master Plan, T.W. Josey stops being a zoned high school after the 2028-29 school year, and the district’s plan FAQ, published Feb. 6, 2026, says students in the Josey zone would then be reassigned to the Academy of Richmond County, Butler and Laney zones from 2029-30. The board has since moved ahead with the plan: on March 25, 2026, it named the T.W. Josey High School College and Career Academy that will replace Josey on its campus, according to a district release.

Sports and activities

Butler plays in Region 4-AAA for 2026-27, in Class AAA, according to the GHSA’s region alignments. The school’s athletics page lists coaches for baseball, boys and girls basketball, cross country, football, golf, boys and girls soccer, softball, track, volleyball and wrestling. Its JROTC program is Marine JROTC, according to the district. Schedules and results: our Friday night football page and the scoreboard.

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 7:25 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. for Butler High. 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 Butler High
• 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 Butler High serve?

Ninth through 12th grade. Its full name is George P. Butler Comprehensive High School.

What is Butler High’s CCRPI score?

40.5 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against an average of 76.9 for Georgia high schools.

What time does Butler High start?

7:25 a.m., with dismissal at 2:15 p.m., according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.

Who is the principal of Butler High?

Valerie Squire-Kelly, according to the Richmond County School System’s school directory on Oct. 6, 2026.