Wynnton Elementary School

Wynnton Elementary School operates as a compact K-5 school in Columbus, Georgia, part of Muscogee County. Current enrollment sits at 332 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 605.

Wynnton Elementary School is one of 54 schools operated by Muscogee County, a district that serves 30,091 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Wynnton Elementary School shows that Black students make up the majority at 68%; the rest reads as 13% White, 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 47% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Wynnton Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible 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 above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Wynnton Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Muscogee County indicate median household income runs about $58,073, 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 Wynnton Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Columbus High School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Wynnton Elementary School comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

Wynnton Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Wynnton Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 332). White enrollment moved from 20% to 13% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 in 2025.

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