Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCOGEE COUNTY·NCES 130387001420
Reese Road Leadership Academy
3100 Reese Rd, Columbus, GA 31907 · (706) 569-3684 · Muscogee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Georgia public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
387 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 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
66%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
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Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
28.9%
GA avg 40.1% . +5.0pp since 2021
Math
28.5%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.9% | 28.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.4% | 23.1% |
| 2022-23 | 31.4% | 24.6% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 22.5% |
% 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
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 Reese Road Leadership Academy
Reese Road Leadership Academy's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reese Road Leadership Academy this school | 387 | 100.0% | 28.9% |
| Whit Davis Road Elementary School Athens | 395 | 96.7% | 29.1% |
| Northside Elementary School Tifton | 405 | 100.0% | 24.5% |
| Bayvale Elementary School Augusta | 389 | 100.0% | 16.3% |
| Okapilco Elementary School Moultrie | 360 | 100.0% | 29.8% |
| Anna K. Davie Elementary Rome | 413 | 100.0% | 21.4% |
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 Reese Road Leadership Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Muscogee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #831 of 1,208 | #11 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #891 of 1,215 ▲ 88 | #10 of 32 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #752 of 1,215 ▼ 123 | #12 of 32 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #351 of 1,183 | #6 of 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #1,118 of 1,324 | #20 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #700 of 1,301 | #11 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #259 of 1,301 | #12 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #315 of 1,312 | #4 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #190 of 854 | #12 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
387
-93 (-19%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 387 | 28.5 | 13.6:1 | 100% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 30.5 | 12.9:1 | 80% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 387 | 32 | 12.1:1 | 97% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 31 | 15.5:1 | 97% (464) |
| 2017-18 | 499 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 94% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 460 | 27 | 17.0:1 | 70% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 519 | 32 | 16.2:1 | 53% (276) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 39% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 25 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Reese Road Leadership Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (499 to 387); teachers down 11% (32 to 28.5).
About Reese Road Leadership Academy
As a small elementary school, Reese Road Leadership Academy serves students in Columbus, Georgia. The latest federal count shows 387 students in kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in Georgia is about 605 students, so this school is 36% smaller than average.
Reese Road Leadership Academy reports to Muscogee County, which has 54 schools and 30,091 students.
Enrollment at Reese Road Leadership Academy is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 49%. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 16% White, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The Black share in Muscogee County as a whole is similar, at about 47%. By the diversity index, Reese Road Leadership Academy comes in at 66%.
The school reported 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Georgia have a similar average ratio of 13.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. The average for public schools in Muscogee County is 86%.
allk12 grades Reese Road Leadership Academy a C+. The grade compares the school only with Georgia public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Reese Road Leadership Academy would be expected to post about 25.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.9%.
In Muscogee County (population about 203,711), median household income is 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. Reese Road Leadership Academy is one of 57 public schools in Muscogee County, which together enroll about 30,110 students.
The closest public school to Reese Road Leadership Academy is Gentian Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles of Reese Road Leadership Academy, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Reese Road Leadership Academy is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
Reese Road Leadership Academy is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 19%, from 480 to 387. The school's ratio fell from 15.5:1 to 13.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- Gentian Elementary School1.0 mi · 442
- Fort Middle School1.2 mi · 440
- Forrest Road Elementary School1.9 mi · 278
- Wesley Heights Elementary School2.0 mi · 349
- Waddell Elementary School2.0 mi · 520
- Hardaway High School2.2 mi · 1,067
Frequently asked questions
About Reese Road Leadership AcademyHow large is Reese Road Leadership Academy?
Reese Road Leadership Academy enrolls approximately 387 students in grades KG-05.
Is Reese Road Leadership Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Reese Road Leadership Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Reese Road Leadership Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Reese Road Leadership Academy is approximately 13.6:1 (29 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Reese Road Leadership Academy?
Reese Road Leadership Academy reports a student body of 16% White, 26% Hispanic, 49% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Reese Road Leadership Academy public or private?
Reese Road Leadership Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Muscogee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.