Richards Middle School

Richards Middle School is a middle-grades school of middle-of-the-pack scale in Columbus, Georgia, part of Muscogee County, enrolling 799 students in grades 6 through 8.

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

On demographics, Richards Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Black (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 25% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Muscogee County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Richards Middle School has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.1:1, putting Richards Middle School higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Richards Middle School ranks in the top 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 33.3%; Richards Middle School posts 51.6%, +18.3 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Muscogee County shows median household earnings sit near $58,073, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Richards Middle School is one of 57 public schools in Muscogee County (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students).

Nearest neighbor: Clubview Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Richards Middle School comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.7%.

Richards Middle School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Richards Middle School has ticked up 14%, going from 698 students in 2018 to 799 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 54% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.

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