Gentian Elementary School

Set in Columbus, Georgia, Gentian Elementary School is a compact elementary campus, one of the schools within Muscogee County. It teaches 442 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 27% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

Muscogee County runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 30,091 students. Gentian Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Gentian Elementary School logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 21% White, 12% multiracial, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Muscogee County's rate of about 86%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gentian Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Muscogee County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,073, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Muscogee County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), Gentian Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Reese Road Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gentian Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Gentian Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 33.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gentian Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 444 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 30% to 21% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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