River Road Elementary School

River Road Elementary School is a primary school of compact scale in Columbus, Georgia, operated by Muscogee County, enrolling 454 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 605.

Muscogee County comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 30,091 students; River Road Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, River Road Elementary School lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 27% Black, 20% White, 7% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at River Road Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Muscogee County's rate of about 86%.

After controlling for student poverty, River Road Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 25.7%; this one delivers 19.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Muscogee County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $58,073 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Muscogee County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), of which River Road Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Fox Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts River Road Elementary School at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 12%: 404 students in 2018 compared to 454 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 20% across the same window.

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