Key Elementary School

Set in Columbus, Georgia, Key Elementary School is a cozy elementary campus, operated by Muscogee County. It hosts 263 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 605 students per school, that is 57% smaller than typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Key Elementary School lists that Black students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.5:1. 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, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Muscogee County's rate of about 86%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Key Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 25.7%; actual is 11.3%, a gap of -14.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Muscogee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,073 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Muscogee County's 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), Key Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Eddy Middle School, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Key Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 17.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 29%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 263 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 14% to 22% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Key Elementary School 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.