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Enrollment
395
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCOGEE COUNTY·NCES 130387002421
East Columbus Magnet Academy
6100 Georgetown Dr, Columbus, GA 31907 · (706) 565-3026 · Muscogee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL395 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Georgia public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
385 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 74%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 136 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 126 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 133 | 34% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
21.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +7.2pp since 2021
Math
12.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +7.8pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.9% | 12.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.7% | 10.4% |
| 2022-23 | 17.5% | 7.6% |
| 2021-22 | 14.8% | 5.0% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like East Columbus Magnet Academy
East Columbus Magnet Academy's state test result (15.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Columbus Magnet Academy this school | 395 | 97.5% | 15.9% |
| W.S. Hornsby Middle School Augusta | 391 | 100.0% | 7.2% |
| Sylvan Hills Middle School Atlanta | 452 | 100.0% | 20.8% |
| KIPP South Fulton Academy School Atlanta | 382 | 100.0% | 48.1% |
| Herman J. Russell West End Academy Atlanta | 342 | 100.0% | 17.0% |
| Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet Albany | 478 | 96.0% | 79.2% |
Matched among Georgia middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where East Columbus Magnet Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Muscogee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #424 of 470 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #438 of 474 ▲ 1 | #9 of 12 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #388 of 474 ▲ 9 | #8 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #124 of 465 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 395 | #418 of 487 | #12 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #89 of 471 | #3 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.8% | #442 of 471 | #12 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.5% | #167 of 479 | #8 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #19 of 305 | #1 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
395
-117 (-23%) vs 2020
-44% since 2000-01, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 395 | 31.4 | 12.6:1 | 97% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 27.4 | 15.1:1 | 98% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 473 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 97% (457) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 97% (495) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 32.8 | 16.6:1 | 95% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 601 | 36 | 16.7:1 | 100% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 82% (519) |
| 2000-01 | 707 | 39 | 18.1:1 | 61% (434) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for East Columbus Magnet Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (546 to 395); teachers down 4% (32.8 to 31.4).
About East Columbus Magnet Academy
East Columbus Magnet Academy is classified as a middle school. It is located in Columbus, Georgia. Enrollment totals 395 students across grades 6 through 8. Across middle schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 763.
East Columbus Magnet Academy is in Muscogee County, a district with 30,091 students across 54 schools.
The share of Black students at East Columbus Magnet Academy is 90%. Next come 5% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 47% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, East Columbus Magnet Academy scores 19%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. The school has 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia is 1.5 students per teacher. In all, 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 86% average for public schools in Muscogee County, the school's rate is higher.
East Columbus Magnet Academy holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 14% of Georgia public middle schools.
East Columbus Magnet Academy's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 15.9% is 11.1 points below the 27.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Muscogee County area, median household income comes to about $58,073, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Muscogee County counts 57 public schools with about 30,110 students.
Measured in a straight line, Georgetown Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from East Columbus Magnet Academy. The five-mile area around East Columbus Magnet Academy holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 14.8% proficiency; East Columbus Magnet Academy posts 15.9%.
East Columbus Magnet Academy is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 117 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 15.5:1 to 12.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Muscogee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
203,711
Census ACS
Median income
$58,073
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
30,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Muscogee County
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Shaw High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Hardaway High SchoolHigh · 1,067 students
- Jordan Vocational High SchoolHigh · 1,040 students
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
Other schools in Columbus
- Northside High SchoolHigh · 1,405 students
- Shaw High SchoolHigh · 1,162 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 1,161 students
- Hardaway High SchoolHigh · 1,067 students
- Jordan Vocational High SchoolHigh · 1,040 students
- Spencer High SchoolHigh · 1,016 students
Nearby schools
- Georgetown Elementary School0.2 mi · 394
- Kendrick High School0.2 mi · 840
- Wesley Heights Elementary School0.9 mi · 349
- Forrest Road Elementary School1.5 mi · 278
- Fort Middle School1.7 mi · 440
- Rothschild Leadership Academy School1.9 mi · 498
Frequently asked questions
About East Columbus Magnet AcademyHow many students attend East Columbus Magnet Academy?
East Columbus Magnet Academy enrolls approximately 395 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does East Columbus Magnet Academy serve?
East Columbus Magnet Academy serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at East Columbus Magnet Academy?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at East Columbus Magnet Academy.
How diverse is East Columbus Magnet Academy?
East Columbus Magnet Academy reports a student body of 2% White, 5% Hispanic, 90% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees East Columbus Magnet Academy?
East Columbus Magnet Academy is overseen by Muscogee County in Muscogee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.