North Columbus Elementary

North Columbus Elementary, an average-sized elementary-level community in Columbus, Georgia, run under Muscogee County, works with 737 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% larger than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 605 students.

North Columbus Elementary is one of 54 schools operated by Muscogee County, a district that works with 30,091 students overall.

Looking at the student body, North Columbus Elementary lists that 43% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 9% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at North Columbus Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, North Columbus Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.8%; this one delivers 52.0%, a residual of +16.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Muscogee County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $58,073 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. North Columbus Elementary is one of 57 public schools in Muscogee County (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students).

Veterans Memorial Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Columbus Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Columbus Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 36.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Columbus Elementary has held roughly steady, going from 755 students in 2018 to 737 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 25% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.1:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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