Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCOGEE COUNTY·NCES 130387002142
Hannan Elementary
1338 Talbotton Rd, Columbus, GA 31901 · (706) 748-2744 · Muscogee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
322 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 74%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
44%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
31.4%
GA avg 40.1% . -5.1pp since 2021
Math
22.6%
GA avg 44.6% . -3.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.4% | 22.6% |
| 2023-24 | 33.2% | 22.6% |
| 2022-23 | 33.3% | 27.6% |
| 2021-22 | 36.5% | 25.6% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Hannan Elementary
Hannan Elementary's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannan Elementary this school | 322 | 100.0% | 29.1% |
| Wynnton Elementary School Columbus | 332 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| Livingston Elementary School Covington | 357 | 100.0% | 23.1% |
| Louisville Academy School Louisville | 339 | 100.0% | 25.3% |
| Bettye Henderson Holston Elementary School Athens | 322 | 100.0% | 11.1% |
| Norris Elementary School Thomson | 287 | 100.0% | 30.7% |
Matched among Georgia elementary 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 Hannan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Muscogee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #828 of 1,208 | #10 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.6% | #1,015 of 1,215 ▼ 24 | #12 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #678 of 1,215 ▲ 15 | #10 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.0pp | #181 of 1,183 | #6 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #1,223 of 1,324 | #30 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #75 of 1,301 | #2 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #879 of 1,301 | #18 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #332 of 1,312 | #21 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.4% | #58 of 854 | #4 of 22 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
322
-132 (-29%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 582
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 322 | 30.4 | 10.6:1 | 100% (322) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 33 | 10.9:1 | 96% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 34 | 11.3:1 | 97% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 39 | 11.6:1 | 97% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 95% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 522 | 34 | 15.3:1 | 99% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 75% (324) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 33 | 15.6:1 | 70% (361) |
| 1990-91 | 582 | 27 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hannan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (491 to 322); teachers down 18% (37 to 30.4).
About Hannan Elementary
A small elementary school in Columbus, Georgia, Hannan Elementary is part of Muscogee County. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 322 students. On average, elementary schools in Georgia enroll around 605, and this school is 47% below that mark.
Muscogee County oversees Hannan Elementary and 53 other schools, with 30,091 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Hannan Elementary is 73% Black. Next come 11% White, 8% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 47% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Hannan Elementary totals 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is 13.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hannan Elementary is about 100%. Public schools in Muscogee County average 86%.
In Georgia, Hannan Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.1% actual against a predicted 25.7%.
For the population of Muscogee County, median household income comes to about $58,073, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Muscogee County's 57 public schools enroll about 30,110 students and include Hannan Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Jordan Vocational High School is about 0.5 miles from Hannan Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 29.1% is below the 36.8% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment fell by 29% across 4 years, from 454 in 2020-21 to 322 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.6:1 to 10.6:1.
The allk12 page for Hannan Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Jordan Vocational High School0.5 mi · 1,040
- Columbus High School0.8 mi · 1,161
- Johnson Elementary School0.8 mi · 336
- Fox Elementary School1.0 mi · 383
- Wynnton Elementary School1.4 mi · 332
- Downtown Elementary Magnet Academy1.4 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About Hannan ElementaryHow large is Hannan Elementary?
Hannan Elementary enrolls approximately 322 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hannan Elementary serve?
Hannan Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hannan Elementary?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at Hannan Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Hannan Elementary?
Student demographics at Hannan Elementary are roughly 11% White, 6% Hispanic, 73% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Hannan Elementary?
Hannan Elementary is overseen by Muscogee County in Muscogee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.