Spencer High School

Spencer High School is one of the moderately sized 9-12 campuss in Columbus, Georgia, one of the schools within Muscogee County, with 1,016 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

Within Muscogee County, which oversees 54 schools and 30,091 students, Spencer High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Spencer High School reports that the largest single group is Black, at 72% of enrollment; the rest consists of 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Spencer High School records 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Muscogee County (around 86%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Spencer High 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 12.1%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Muscogee County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $58,073 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Spencer High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Baker Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Spencer High School. On composite proficiency, Spencer High School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 12.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Spencer High School's enrollment has ticked up 25% since 2018, when it stood at 813 (now 1,016). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 14% to 20%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.