W.S. Hornsby Middle, 320 Kentucky Ave.: grades 6-8, 483 students in 2025, CCRPI 65.4. Zone, feeders and the 9:15 a.m. start.
Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: the W.S. Hornsby Middle 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 Middle School is a Richmond County School System middle school on Kentucky Avenue in Augusta, next to W.S. Hornsby Elementary. It serves sixth through eighth grade. The district’s directory lists it at 320 Kentucky Ave.; federal and state data use 310 Kentucky Ave., the elementary school’s address.
- Address: 320 Kentucky Ave., Augusta, GA 30901
- Phone: 706-823-6960
- Grades: 6 to 8
- Website: hornsbymiddle.rcboe.org
Who to call
- W.S. Hornsby Middle front office: 706-823-6960
- 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 Stacey King, according to the district’s school directory.
Enrollment and teachers
The state counted 483 students at W.S. Hornsby Middle in its 2025 School Grades data. The most recent federal figure, from the NCES directory for the 2023-24 school year, is 391 students and 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.6 students per teacher.
State report card
W.S. Hornsby Middle’s 2025 CCRPI single score was 65.4, according to the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement’s School Grades data. The Georgia average for middle schools was 78.4 and the Richmond County School System’s was 69.6. The school’s single score was 46.1 in 2023, 58.3 in 2024 and 65.4 in 2025. The full report card, with subgroups and the parts of the score, is on the state’s W.S. Hornsby Middle 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, 2025, share of tested students at each of the two top levels:
| Subject | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|
| English language arts | 12.1% | 0.9% |
| Math | 8.9% | 0.9% |
| Science (eighth grade) | 3.5% | 0.9% |
| Social studies (eighth grade) | 5.2% | 1.7% |
The same data put 17.1% of eighth graders (Georgia: 56.4%) 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. Three elementary schools feed Hornsby Middle: W.S. Hornsby Elementary, which covers about half of its zone, Wilkinson Gardens and Lamar-Milledge. About four-fifths of the zone goes on to Laney High and the rest to T.W. Josey. Our neighborhood guides found downtown and Bethlehem zoned for Hornsby Middle.
Murphey Middle no longer has a zone in the district’s locator. The district’s plan FAQ says its zone was to be dissolved at the end of 2025-26, with students reassigned by address to W.S. Hornsby, Langford-Tutt and Richmond Hill middle schools. The FAQ also sends Jenkins-White students in several neighborhoods to Wilkinson Gardens, Hornsby Middle and Laney. 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 9:15 a.m. to 4:05 p.m. for W.S. Hornsby Middle. 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 Middle
- 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 Middle serve?
Sixth through eighth grade.
What is W.S. Hornsby Middle’s CCRPI score?
65.4 in 2025, according to the state’s School Grades data, against an average of 78.4 for Georgia middle schools.
Which high school does W.S. Hornsby Middle feed into?
Mostly Laney High, with about a fifth of the zone going to T.W. Josey, according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.
What time does W.S. Hornsby Middle start?
9:15 a.m., with dismissal at 4:05 p.m., according to the district’s School Zone and Bus Stop Locator.
Who is the principal of W.S. Hornsby Middle?
Stacey King, according to the Richmond County School System’s school directory on Oct. 6, 2026.
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