School Profile
The mission of Hephzibah Elementary is to develop caring, compassionate, and responsible students who are life-long learners, committed to seeking knowledge and understanding of other people and the world around them.
Our Principal
Our Students
545 enrolled
Our Story
Hephzibah Elementary School is a public school located in Hephzibah, Georgia, a rural community approximately fifteen miles south of Augusta, GA. The school is one of 26 elementary schools within the Richmond County School System. The history of Hephzibah Elementary dates back to the early 1840’s when the community of Brothersville (renamed Hephzibah) was settled and a field school was established. The current school opened its state of the art building in August 2001. The residency status of the citizens of Hephzibah is primarily stable and many have ancestry that can be traced back a century or more in the same area, many within the same household.
Special Programs/ Fine Arts
- YMCA Primetime
- CHAMPS
- Writing Literacy
- Reading Bowl Team
- PTA
- Orchestra
- Music
- Computer Lab
- Spanish
- ArtsNow Infusion
- Math Team
- “She Leads” and “Learners to Leaders” Mentor Programs
Our Points of Pride
- IB Primary Years Programme School
- 2024 Sandra Dunningan Deal Center for Early Language and Literacy Grant Recipient - received $25,000 in Books and Supports
- Recipient of GaDOE John Hancock Award
- Release Time Bible School (Hephzibah United Methodist Church)
- First In Math District Champions 2025-2026
2024-2025 CCRPI Scores
2025 GOSA Single Score: 55.8
Content Mastery : 31.8
Progress: 71.2
Closing Gaps: 46.7
Readiness: 71.5
College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) is Georgia’s statewide accountability system. The CCRPI assesses how well students are prepared for college and careers, and ensures that schools are focused on improving achievement among all students. The index measures student achievement on indicators such as content mastery, student growth on progress, subgroup performance on closing gaps, and various areas including Lexile performance, attendance, and other academic based measurements. Schools earn CCRPI points based on indicators that vary by grade and school level and align with measures of college- and career-readiness. Each individual component score is on a scale of 0-100. Additional data for CCRPI can be found at this address: https://ccrpi.gadoe.org/