Copeland Elementary School, Augusta: zone, report card and calendar

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

Copeland Elementary School is a Richmond County School System elementary school on Jackson Road in west Augusta. It serves pre-K through fifth grade and is one of the district’s International Baccalaureate schools.

• Address: 1440 Jackson Road, Augusta, GA 30909
• Phone: 706-737-7228
• Grades: Pre-K to 5
• Website: copeland.rcboe.org

Who to call

• Copeland Elementary front office: 706-737-7228
• 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 Tynisha Briscoe, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 389 students at Copeland Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 397 students and 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.3 students per teacher.

State report card

Copeland Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 53.3, according to the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for elementary schools was 78.6 and the Richmond County School System’s was 65.5. The school’s single score was 53.2 in 2023, 69.9 in 2024 and 53.3 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Copeland Elementary 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 (grades 3-5), 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:

The same data put 15.4% of third graders (Georgia: 41.7%) and 24.5% of fifth graders (Georgia: 55.1%) 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. Copeland students go on to Belair Middle and the Academy of Richmond County.

We found no rezoning approved by the Board of Education that changes this zone.

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 Copeland Elementary. 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 Copeland Elementary
• The district’s school directory, with every school’s principal, address and phone
• The district’s International Baccalaureate page
• 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 Copeland Elementary serve?

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

What is Copeland Elementary’s CCRPI score?

53.3 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against an average of 78.6 for Georgia elementary schools.

Which high school does Copeland Elementary feed into?

Belair Middle, then the Academy of Richmond County, according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.

What time does Copeland Elementary 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 Copeland Elementary?

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