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Enrollment
498
Middle
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 763
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUSCOGEE COUNTY·NCES 130387001399
Rothschild Leadership Academy School
1136 Hunt Ave, Columbus, GA 31907 · (706) 569-3709 · Muscogee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Georgia public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 14.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
498 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 165 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 169 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 164 | 33% |
Student demographics
26%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
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
10.0%
GA avg 40.1% . -1.3pp since 2021
Math
4.8%
GA avg 44.6% . +1.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.0% | 4.8% |
| 2023-24 | 11.7% | 3.5% |
| 2022-23 | 9.5% | 1.7% |
| 2021-22 | 11.3% | 2.9% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of GA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
8.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Rothschild Leadership Academy School
Rothschild Leadership Academy School's state test result (8.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rothschild Leadership Academy School this school | 498 | 100.0% | 8.0% |
| Columbia Middle School Decatur | 571 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
| Robert A. Cross Middle Magnet Albany | 478 | 96.0% | 79.2% |
| Fort Middle School Columbus | 440 | 100.0% | 16.9% |
| Chapel Hill Middle School Decatur | 614 | 100.0% | 23.9% |
| DeRenne Middle School Savannah | 484 | 94.0% | 9.9% |
Matched among Georgia middle 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 Rothschild Leadership Academy School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Muscogee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #461 of 470 | #10 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.8% | #473 of 474 ▼ 3 | #11 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #467 of 474 ▼ 5 | #10 of 12 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.3pp | #387 of 465 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #380 of 487 | #6 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #239 of 471 | #6 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.1% | #411 of 471 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #105 of 479 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #211 of 305 | #5 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
498
-54 (-10%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 702
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 498 | 35.6 | 14.0:1 | 100% (498) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 29.4 | 18.4:1 | 100% (540) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 32.5 | 15.8:1 | 97% (497) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 34 | 16.2:1 | 97% (533) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 35.4 | 14.9:1 | 94% (499) |
| 2015-16 | 545 | 37 | 14.7:1 | 99% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 550 | 45 | 12.2:1 | 87% (479) |
| 2000-01 | 696 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 74% (512) |
| 1990-91 | 702 | 48 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rothschild Leadership Academy School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (529 to 498); teachers up 1% (35.4 to 35.6).
About Rothschild Leadership Academy School
Rothschild Leadership Academy School is a low-enrollment middle school in Georgia, located in Columbus. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 498 students in 2024-25. On average, middle schools in Georgia enroll around 763, and this school is 35% below that mark.
The district, Muscogee County, operates 54 schools serving 30,091 students.
By race and ethnicity, Rothschild Leadership Academy School is 86% Black. The remaining shares are 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% White. Muscogee County as a whole is about 47% Black, so the school's share is higher. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at Rothschild Leadership Academy School are from different groups.
Staffing at Rothschild Leadership Academy School comes to 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.0:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.1:1 average for middle schools in Georgia. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 86% average for public schools in Muscogee County is 14 points lower.
Rothschild Leadership Academy School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of Georgia public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Rothschild Leadership Academy School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia schools: 8.0% actual against 25.7% predicted.
The school's county is Muscogee County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $58,073 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Rothschild Leadership Academy School shares Muscogee County with 56 other public schools.
The closest school to Rothschild Leadership Academy School is Lonnie Jackson Academy, located less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Rothschild Leadership Academy School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 8.0% against a local average of 22.2%.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 10% drop took enrollment from 552 in 2020-21 to 498 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 16.2:1 to 14.0:1.
This page is set up for the Rothschild Leadership Academy School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Lonnie Jackson Academy0.0 mi · 395
- Dimon Elementary1.0 mi · 358
- Wesley Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 349
- Rainey McCullers School of the Arts1.6 mi · 420
- Rigdon Road Elementary School1.7 mi · 437
- Kendrick High School1.7 mi · 840
Frequently asked questions
About Rothschild Leadership Academy SchoolHow large is Rothschild Leadership Academy School?
Rothschild Leadership Academy School enrolls approximately 498 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Rothschild Leadership Academy School serve?
Rothschild Leadership Academy School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Rothschild Leadership Academy School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Rothschild Leadership Academy School.
How diverse is Rothschild Leadership Academy School?
Rothschild Leadership Academy School reports a student body of 3% White, 6% Hispanic, 86% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Rothschild Leadership Academy School?
Rothschild Leadership Academy School is overseen by Muscogee County in Muscogee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.