Rothschild Leadership Academy School

Rothschild Leadership Academy School is one of the small junior highs in Columbus, Georgia, run under Muscogee County, with 498 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 763 students per school, that is 35% below typical.

Muscogee County comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 30,091 students; Rothschild Leadership Academy School is among them.

Demographically, Rothschild Leadership Academy School shows that nearly all students (86%) are Black; the rest is composed of 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages about 14.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Muscogee County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Rothschild Leadership Academy School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 25.7%; this one comes in at 8.0%, -17.7 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Muscogee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $58,073 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Rothschild Leadership Academy School is one of 57 public schools in Muscogee County (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students).

Lonnie Jackson Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rothschild Leadership Academy School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rothschild Leadership Academy School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 22.2%.

Rothschild Leadership Academy School operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Rothschild Leadership Academy School has decreased 6%, going from 529 students in 2018 to 498 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Rothschild Leadership Academy School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.