South Columbus Elementary School

South Columbus Elementary School is one of the modestly sized elementary-level communitys in Columbus, Georgia, one of the schools within Muscogee County, with 326 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 605 students each, so South Columbus Elementary School sits 46% smaller than that benchmark.

South Columbus Elementary School is one of 54 schools operated by Muscogee County, a district that works with 30,091 students overall.

In terms of who attends, South Columbus Elementary School records that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% White.

On the income-and-resources front, South Columbus Elementary School shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Muscogee County's rate of about 86%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, South Columbus Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 19.6%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Muscogee County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $58,073 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Muscogee County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,110 students), of which South Columbus Elementary School is one.

Eddy Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), South Columbus Elementary School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 9.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Columbus Elementary School has shrank 39%, going from 534 students in 2018 to 326 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 73% to 53%.

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