Veterans Memorial Middle School

Located at 2008 Old Guard Rd, in Columbus, Georgia, Veterans Memorial Middle School is a medium-sized 6-8 campus that caters to 681 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Muscogee County.

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

On demographics, Veterans Memorial Middle School logs that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Black, 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Veterans Memorial Middle School has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.1:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at Veterans Memorial Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Muscogee County runs at roughly 86%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Veterans Memorial Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.1%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -3.7 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Muscogee County put median household income runs about $58,073, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Veterans Memorial Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is North Columbus Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Veterans Memorial Middle School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 16%: 586 students in 2018 compared to 681 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 55% to 36% over that span.

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