Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta
Augusta · GA · Richmond County · Public · K-12 combined
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Augusta Preparatory Day School → Heart To Home Learning, Inc (Thrive Academy) → Evans Christian Academy → Augusta Christian → Westminster Schools Of Augusta → Westside High School → Lakeside High School → Aquinas High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta compares for families
What families should know about Lighthouse Care Center of Augusta.
- ▸ LocallyGA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Augusta Preparatory Day School, Heart To Home Learning, Inc (Thrive Academy), Evans Christian Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 32 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta Preparatory Day School Martinez |
Private | 1.5 | 363 | -24.5% |
| Heart To Home Learning, Inc (Thrive Academy) Augusta |
Private | 1.9 | 98 | +2.1% |
| Evans Christian Academy Evans |
Private | 2.2 | 16 | — |
| Augusta Christian Martinez |
Private | 2.5 | 624 | +14.3% |
| Westminster Schools Of Augusta Augusta |
Private | 2.6 | 442 | -24.4% |
| Westside High School Augusta |
Public | 2.9 | 1,088 | +20.1% |
| Lakeside High School Evans |
Public | 3.3 | 1,861 | -5.9% |
| Aquinas High School Augusta |
Private | 3.5 | 219 | -9.5% |