Schools · Columbus
Columbus, GA schools
Columbus’s public schools score well below Georgia’s averages: 30% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 84.8%. Kids attend one of 31 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 30 elementary schools, one of 13 schools and one of 9 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Columbus’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Columbus’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 63% of Georgia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
CTest scoresC+Graduation
Georgia school districts we grade (214)Better than 37%
Lower resultsHigher results
Georgia towns with similar household incomes (265)Better than 39%
High confidence. Built on 9,736 tested students and a graduating class of 2,098; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Georgia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Georgia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Georgia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Columbus kids go to school
Grades PK–5
31 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Muscogee County School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Muscogee County)30%
State average 38.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Muscogee County)21%
State average 34.8%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
GA: 84.8%
Graduating class
2,098
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #126 of 256 GA towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Columbus
Muscogee County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 52 schools · 29,362 students
$15,412 per studentGA $15,800C+Fort Benning Schools
Muscogee County for Fort Benning school district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 66 schools in Columbus
Showing 1–30 of 66 schools
Mary A Buckner AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 789 students
PublicNorth Columbus ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 737 students
A-PublicMathews Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 702 students
APublicEagle Ridge AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 658 students
B+PublicMidland AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 622 students
B-PublicClubview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 566 students
A-PublicBritt David Elementary Computer Magnet AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 552 students
A+PublicWaddell Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 520 students
C-PublicMartin Luther King- Jr. Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 487 students
DPublicDouble Churches Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 472 students
BPublicRiver Road Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 454 students
DPublicBlanchard Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 451 students
B-PublicGentian Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 442 students
BPublicRigdon Road Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 437 students
DPublicAllen Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 436 students
C+PublicDorothy Height Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 419 students
DPublicLonnie Jackson AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 395 students
DPublicGeorgetown Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 394 students
DPublicDavis Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 387 students
DPublicReese Road Leadership AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 387 students
C-PublicFox Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 383 students
D-PublicDowntown Elementary Magnet AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 382 students
B-PublicBrewer Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 367 students
D-PublicDimon ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 358 students
C-PublicWesley Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 349 students
DPublicJohnson Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 336 students
C+PublicWynnton Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 332 students
C+PublicSouth Columbus Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 326 students
DPublicHannan ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 322 students
B-PublicForrest Road Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 278 students
DPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.