Gracewood Elementary, 2032 Tobacco Road: pre-K to grade 5, 398 students in 2025, CCRPI 75.5. Zone, feeders and the 8:20 a.m. start.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Gracewood 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.
Gracewood Elementary School is a Richmond County School System elementary school on Tobacco Road in south Augusta. It serves pre-K through fifth grade.
- Address: 2032 Tobacco Road, Augusta, GA 30906
- Phone: 706-796-4969
- Grades: Pre-K to 5
- Website: gracewood.rcboe.org
Who to call
- Gracewood Elementary front office: 706-796-4969
- 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 Kathryn Herrington, according to the district’s school directory.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 398 students at Gracewood Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 441 students and 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 13.0 students per teacher.
State report card
Gracewood Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 75.5, 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 60.0 in 2023, 64.6 in 2024 and 75.5 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Gracewood 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:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 20.3% | 3.3% |
| Math | 17% | 4.6% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 20% | 5.5% |
The same data put 31.5% of third graders (Georgia: 41.7%) and 41.9% 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. Gracewood students go on to Pine Hill Middle School, which has a Hephzibah mailing address, and Cross Creek High.
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 8:20 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. for Gracewood 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 Gracewood Elementary
- 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 Gracewood Elementary serve?
Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.
What is Gracewood Elementary’s CCRPI score?
75.5 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against an average of 78.6 for Georgia elementary schools.
Which high school does Gracewood Elementary feed into?
Pine Hill Middle, then Cross Creek High, according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.
What time does Gracewood Elementary start?
8:20 a.m., with dismissal at 3:10 p.m., according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.
Who is the principal of Gracewood Elementary?
Kathryn Herrington, according to the Richmond County School System’s school directory on Oct. 6, 2026.
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