W.S. Hornsby Elementary, 310 Kentucky Ave.: pre-K to grade 5, 588 students in 2025, CCRPI 66.2. Zone, feeders and the 8:20 a.m. start.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the W.S. Hornsby 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.
W.S. Hornsby Elementary School is a Richmond County School System elementary school on Kentucky Avenue in Augusta, next to W.S. Hornsby Middle. It serves pre-K through fifth grade.
- Address: 310 Kentucky Ave., Augusta, GA 30901
- Phone: 706-823-6928
- Grades: Pre-K to 5
- Website: hornsby.rcboe.org
Who to call
- W.S. Hornsby Elementary front office: 706-823-6928
- 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 Tonya Cogle, according to the district’s school directory.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 588 students at W.S. Hornsby Elementary in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 516 students and 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 11.5 students per teacher.
State report card
W.S. Hornsby Elementary’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 66.2, 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 51.6 in 2023, 55.0 in 2024 and 66.2 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s W.S. Hornsby 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 | 6.2% | 0.5% |
| Math | 10.4% | 1.4% |
| Science (fifth grade) | 5.9% | 1.5% |
The same data put 14.3% of third graders (Georgia: 41.7%) and 21.3% 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. Hornsby Elementary students go on to W.S. Hornsby Middle and Laney High. Our downtown guide found about a quarter of downtown zoned for Hornsby Elementary.
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. 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 W.S. Hornsby 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 W.S. Hornsby 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 W.S. Hornsby Elementary serve?
Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade.
What is W.S. Hornsby Elementary’s CCRPI score?
66.2 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against an average of 78.6 for Georgia elementary schools.
Which high school does W.S. Hornsby Elementary feed into?
W.S. Hornsby Middle, then Laney High, according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.
What time does W.S. Hornsby 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 W.S. Hornsby Elementary?
Tonya Cogle, according to the Richmond County School System’s school directory on Oct. 6, 2026.
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