Hannan Elementary

Located at 1338 Talbotton Rd, in Columbus, Georgia, Hannan Elementary is a small K-5 school that instructs 322 students (grades K through 5), operated by Muscogee County. That puts it 47% 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. Hannan Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Hannan Elementary shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school shows 11% White, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Muscogee County's rate of about 86%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Hannan Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 29.1%, a residual of +3.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Muscogee County) reports that median household income runs about $58,073, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Muscogee County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), of which Hannan Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Jordan Vocational High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hannan Elementary comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 34%: 491 students in 2018 compared to 322 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 18% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Hannan Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.