Blanchard Elementary School

Blanchard Elementary School, a modestly sized elementary-level community in Columbus, Georgia, overseen by Muscogee County, instructs 451 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 605.

Blanchard Elementary School is one of 54 schools operated by Muscogee County, a district that works with 30,091 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Blanchard Elementary School logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 28% Black, 14% Hispanic, 12% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Blanchard Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Blanchard Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 40.9%, a residual of +6.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Muscogee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,073 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Muscogee County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), of which Blanchard Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Blanchard Elementary School at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.1%.

Blanchard Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Blanchard Elementary School has decreased 18%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 451 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 55% to 45%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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