Dorothy Height Elementary School

As a modestly sized primary school in Columbus, Georgia, Dorothy Height Elementary School hosts 419 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Muscogee County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so Dorothy Height Elementary School sits 31% below that benchmark.

Muscogee County comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 30,091 students; Dorothy Height Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dorothy Height Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (83%); the rest is composed of 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Dorothy Height Elementary School reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Dorothy Height Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Muscogee County's rate of about 86%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dorothy Height Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 12.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Muscogee County reports that median household income runs about $58,073, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Muscogee County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), Dorothy Height Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Baker Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dorothy Height Elementary School at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 10.5%.

Dorothy Height Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Dorothy Height Elementary School has declined 41%, going from 712 students in 2018 to 419 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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