Hephzibah Elementary School
2542 Ga Hwy 88 Hephzibah GA, 30815, Richmond County Phone: 706-592-4561 Ranking:  (1,199 out of 1,747, bottom 31%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 School District: Richmond County School District Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 29 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 31 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 482 | 507 | 468 | 434 | 452 | 482 | 478 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 43 | 8.9% | 46 | 9.1% | 48 | 10.3% | 42 | 9.7% | 46 | 10.2% | 45 | 9.3% | 45 | 9.4% |
| Kindergarten: | 79 | 16.4% | 77 | 15.2% | 62 | 13.2% | 60 | 13.8% | 71 | 15.7% | 70 | 14.5% | 74 | 15.5% |
| Grade 1: | 78 | 16.2% | 68 | 13.4% | 55 | 11.8% | 62 | 14.3% | 61 | 13.5% | 69 | 14.3% | 74 | 15.5% |
| Grade 2: | 67 | 13.9% | 72 | 14.2% | 74 | 15.8% | 69 | 15.9% | 63 | 13.9% | 81 | 16.8% | 80 | 16.7% |
| Grade 3: | 70 | 14.5% | 75 | 14.8% | 73 | 15.6% | 59 | 13.6% | 76 | 16.8% | 73 | 15.1% | 69 | 14.4% |
| Grade 4: | 73 | 15.1% | 83 | 16.4% | 79 | 16.9% | 76 | 17.5% | 72 | 15.9% | 71 | 14.7% | 59 | 12.3% |
| Grade 5: | 72 | 14.9% | 86 | 17.0% | 77 | 16.5% | 66 | 15.2% | 63 | 13.9% | 73 | 15.1% | 77 | 16.1% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 241 | 50.0% | 261 | 51.5% | 240 | 51.3% | 237 | 54.6% | 241 | 53.3% | 235 | 48.8% | 244 | 51.0% |
| Female: | 241 | 50.0% | 246 | 48.5% | 228 | 48.7% | 197 | 45.4% | 211 | 46.7% | 222 | 46.1% | 216 | 45.2% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% |
| Asian: | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.7% | 1 | 0.2% | 3 | 0.6% |
| Hispanic: | 23 | 4.8% | 17 | 3.4% | 17 | 3.6% | 16 | 3.7% | 13 | 2.9% | 12 | 2.5% | 16 | 3.3% |
| Black: | 163 | 33.8% | 186 | 36.7% | 166 | 35.5% | 149 | 34.3% | 151 | 33.4% | 171 | 35.5% | 163 | 34.1% |
| White: | 270 | 56.0% | 280 | 55.2% | 267 | 57.1% | 247 | 56.9% | 264 | 58.4% | 281 | 58.3% | 281 | 58.8% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 1 | 0.2% | 2 | 0.4% | 2 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 22 | 4.6% | 20 | 3.9% | 14 | 3.0% | 21 | 4.8% | 20 | 4.4% | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 467 | 96.9% | 340 | 67.1% | 278 | 59.4% | 261 | 60.1% | 283 | 62.6% | 272 | 56.4% | 271 | 56.7% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 0 | 0.0% | 26 | 5.1% | 39 | 8.3% | 19 | 4.4% | 27 | 6.0% | 34 | 7.1% | 48 | 10.0% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 16.62 | 18.78 | 16.14 | 14.97 | 15.07 | 15.10 | 15.40 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| CRCT | ||||||
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 77% | 80% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 77.1% | 82.4% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 80.3% | 84.4% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 76% | 84% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 1st Grade | % met std | 90.8% | 77.5% | 87% |
| 2006 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 96.8% | 85.3% | 90% |
| 2007 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 69.8% | 82.3% |
| 2008 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 89.6% | 77.3% | 86.4% |
| 2009 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 95.1% | 75.4% | 87% |
| 2010 | Math | 1st Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 72.8% | 85% |
| 2006 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 93.7% | 84.3% | 87% |
| 2007 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 84.4% | 90.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 91% | 86.5% | 90.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 100% | 85.1% | 90.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 1st Grade | % met std | 97% | 87.1% | 93% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 74.7% | 83% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 74.3% | 71.1% | 83.7% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 82.5% | 75.8% | 84.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 91% | 75% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 2nd Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 74% | 85% |
| 2006 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 72.4% | 76% | 87% |
| 2007 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 63.4% | 81.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 81.1% | 71.3% | 85.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 69.7% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 2nd Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 68% | 86% |
| 2006 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 76.8% | 81.4% | 89% |
| 2007 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 91.4% | 85.8% | 91.3% |
| 2008 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 91.9% | 88.1% | 92% |
| 2009 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 93.5% | 85.3% | 91.9% |
| 2010 | Reading | 2nd Grade | % met std | 87.9% | 83.5% | 91% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.2% | 75.9% | 82% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 78.3% | 85.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.2% | 81.7% | 87.1% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 77.7% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.9% | 77.1% | 88% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 78.2% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 91.2% | 82.3% | 91% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.0% | 74.7% | 88.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 85.1% | 91% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.7% | 81.8% | 90.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 68.1% | 58.3% | 70.9% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.3% | 60.5% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 60.9% | 79% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.4% | 68.5% | 81.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.8% | 68.9% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 70.7% | 63.4% | 78.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 74.7% | 82% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 75.5% | 85.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.5% | 79.7% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 81.2% | 88% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 94.8% | 82.3% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 93.9% | 82.6% | 90.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.4% | 83% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 84.3% | 92.1% |
| 2006 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.9% | 76.2% | 85% |
| 2007 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.1% | 53.3% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 53.6% | 62.1% | 74.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 72.7% | 61.4% | 79.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 62.6% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77% | 63.1% | 80.5% |
| 2012 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 59% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61.8% | 58.8% | 78.4% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.6% | 85.2% | 88% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.9% | 81.5% | 88.6% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 83.6% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 50.7% | 57.5% | 76.1% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 59.8% | 79% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 67.8% | 62.4% | 81% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 60.5% | 81% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 3rd Grade | % met std | 51.9% | 62.0% | 83.4% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 71.6% | 79% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.9% | 78.3% | 84.3% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.2% | 77.6% | 86.2% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 80.2% | 86.9% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 77.7% | 78% | 87% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 72.2% | 77.8% | 88% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 81.6% | 90% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.3% | 80.4% | 90.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 56% | 67.9% | 79% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 67.5% | 78.4% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 60.9% | 52.3% | 70% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 58.2% | 57.6% | 74.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 59.4% | 77% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 59.8% | 63.3% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.4% | 64.8% | 81% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 78.1% | 70.5% | 84.3% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 69.4% | 69.5% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.7% | 77.7% | 84.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.4% | 78.6% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.6% | 80.2% | 87.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.5% | 81.2% | 89% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 76.8% | 87.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81% | 81.3% | 90% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 94.7% | 86.2% | 92.5% |
| 2006 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80% | 80.3% | 88% |
| 2007 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.2% | 60.2% | 71.9% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 56% | 73.8% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 62.7% | 61.8% | 77.7% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 62.7% | 80% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 65.7% | 59.9% | 79% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 68.8% | 64.4% | 81% |
| 2013 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 68.2% | 82.7% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 84% | 83.9% | 90% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 88.9% | 84% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 83.7% | 90.2% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 50.8% | 60.1% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 53.8% | 56.4% | 74% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 62% | 57.3% | 77.4% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 66.3% | 59.2% | 79% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 4th Grade | % met std | 71.4% | 64.1% | 81.3% |
| 2006 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86% | 77.9% | 85% |
| 2007 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 83.4% | 87.6% |
| 2008 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.2% | 85.4% | 89.9% |
| 2009 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.2% | 86.1% | 91.3% |
| 2010 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.5% | 86.8% | 92% |
| 2011 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 93.2% | 85.1% | 93% |
| 2012 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.2% | 88.4% | 95% |
| 2013 | English Language Arts | 5th Grade | % met std | 91.5% | 87.0% | 94.2% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 80.7% | 88% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 80.9% | 88.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.3% | 56.6% | 71.7% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.7% | 63.5% | 79.2% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 66.7% | 82% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 70.6% | 86.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.3% | 66% | 84% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.3% | 78.0% | 89.5% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 81.3% | 70.6% | 81% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 78.3% | 85.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.5% | 80.7% | 87.2% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 85.2% | 79.8% | 87.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 84.1% | 82.9% | 90% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 94.9% | 81.6% | 90.5% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.8% | 84% | 91% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.7% | 85.5% | 92.9% |
| 2006 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.1% | 83% | 89% |
| 2007 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.1% | 54.3% | 66.8% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.5% | 58.2% | 71.3% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 64.9% | 76% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.5% | 64.1% | 77% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.3% | 59.1% | 76.6% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 65.8% | 64.4% | 78% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 74.1% | 68.0% | 79.6% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 92.2% | 86.3% | 91% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.7% | 84.4% | 88.4% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 86.1% | 84.8% | 89% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 56.8% | 61.4% | 71.2% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 52.3% | 57.5% | 72% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 56% | 71.3% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 68.4% | 62.3% | 77% |
| 2013 | Social Studies | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.5% | 64.5% | 80.5% |
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* Hephzibah Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.