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Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedWhat this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 98 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 95% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 69% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in Georgia's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy
Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy is a medium-sized elementary school in Columbus, Georgia, run under Muscogee County. The school teaches 552 students in grades K through 5.
Within Muscogee County, which oversees 54 schools and 30,091 students, Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy is one campus in the system.
Demographically, Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy lists that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 24% Asian, 21% Black, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. Compared to Muscogee County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 17% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Muscogee County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 68.6%; Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy posts 94.7%, +26.1 points above that line.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Muscogee County) records 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%. Across Muscogee County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Allen Elementary School, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Britt David Elementary Computer Magnet Academy ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 26.0%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 563 students in 2018 compared to 552 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 47% to 39%.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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