The Richmond County School System is an American public school system based in Augusta, Georgia.

[4] It is run by the Richmond County Board of Education which, under Article VIII, § V, Paragraph 2, requires that each school system be under the management and control of an elected board of education.

As elected Constitutional officials of Georgia, the school board members are responsible for setting educational policies, employing school personnel, providing buildings and equipment, operating a transportation system, and disbursing school funds.

The board of education meets in the Richmond County Board of Education building at 864 Broad Street in Augusta.

It serves consolidated Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia, and the south Richmond County cities of Hephzibah and Blythe.