Wilkinson Gardens Elementary, 1925 Kratha Drive: pre-K to grade 5, 510 students in 2025, CCRPI 54.4. Zone, feeders and the 8:20 a.m. start.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the Wilkinson Gardens Elementary 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.

Wilkinson Gardens Elementary School is a Richmond County School System elementary school on Kratha Drive in Augusta. It serves pre-K through fifth grade.

Who to call

Principal

Principal Sandra Bailey, according to the district’s school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

The state counted 510 students at Wilkinson Gardens Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 445 students and 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.7 students per teacher.

State report card

Wilkinson Gardens Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 54.4, 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 60.7 in 2023, 67.5 in 2024 and 54.4 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s Wilkinson Gardens 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 10.2% 0.5%
Math 12.4% 1.1%
Science (fifth grade) 8.1% 0%

The same data put 10% of third graders (Georgia: 41.7%) and 41.3% 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. Wilkinson Gardens students go on to W.S. Hornsby Middle. Most of the zone is zoned for T.W. Josey at the high school level, and the Bethlehem part for Laney High; our Bethlehem guide found about half of that neighborhood zoned for Wilkinson Gardens.

Jenkins-White Elementary is no longer in the district’s school directory or zone locator. Under the district’s 2026 facilities master plan, its students were to be split by neighborhood among A. Dorothy Hains, W.S. Hornsby, Lamar-Milledge and Wilkinson Gardens elementary schools from 2026-27, according to the district’s plan FAQ. Students in NPUs 43, 48, 87, 88, 94 and 407 go to Wilkinson Gardens, then Hornsby Middle and Laney High, the FAQ says. It also says the Josey zone dissolves after 2028-29. 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 8:20 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. for Wilkinson Gardens Elementary. Bus stop times for any address are in the same tool, and the Transportation Department answers questions at 706-796-4777.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Wilkinson Gardens Elementary serve?

Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.

What is Wilkinson Gardens Elementary’s CCRPI score?

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

Which high school does Wilkinson Gardens Elementary feed into?

W.S. Hornsby Middle, then mostly T.W. Josey, with the Bethlehem area zoned for Laney High.

What time does Wilkinson Gardens 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 Wilkinson Gardens Elementary?

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