C.T. Walker Traditional Magnet School: admission and report card

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the C.T. Walker 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.

C.T. Walker Traditional Magnet School is a Richmond County School System magnet elementary school on Wrightsboro Road in Augusta. It serves kindergarten through fifth grade. The district’s school page says it has been named a Georgia School of Excellence, a 2023 National Magnet School of Distinction and a National Blue Ribbon School. State data list it as Walker Traditional Elementary School.

• Address: 1301 Wrightsboro Road, Augusta, GA 30901
• Phone: 706-823-6950
• Grades: K to 5
• Website: ctwalker.rcboe.org

Who to call

• C.T. Walker front office: 706-823-6950
• Apply: the district’s School Choice office; applications for 2027-28 open Nov. 1, 2026
• 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

Principal

Principal Alfreda Howard, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 651 students at C.T. Walker in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 672 students and 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 15.6 students per teacher.

State report card

C.T. Walker’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 91.2, 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 89.4 in 2023, 81.4 in 2024 and 91.2 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s C.T. Walker 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 75.2% of third graders (Georgia: 41.7%) and 87.6% of fifth graders (Georgia: 55.1%) reading at or above grade level.

Admission

Magnet schools have no attendance zone: students from anywhere in Richmond County apply through the district’s School Choice office. Applicants must live in Richmond County, take the district’s reading and math assessment and perform on grade level or higher, and for a competitive application should have an 80 final average in each subject, according to the district’s application requirements. Applications for the 2027-28 school year open Nov. 1, 2026, and the district holds open houses at its schools in November and December. Kindergarten applicants for 2027-28 must turn 5 by Sept. 1, 2027, and applicants in kindergarten through third grade need a B average, or a standards-based report card rating of 2, in language arts and math for 2026-27, according to the same requirements.

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 8:30 a.m. to 3:25 p.m. for C.T. Walker. 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 C.T. Walker
• 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 C.T. Walker serve?

Kindergarten through fifth grade. Students are admitted by application; it has no attendance zone.

What is C.T. Walker’s CCRPI score?

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

What time does C.T. Walker start?

8:30 a.m., with dismissal at 3:25 p.m., according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.

Who is the principal of C.T. Walker?

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