These Muscogee and Harris County schools are Georgia Literacy and Math Leaders
Twenty-three Columbus area schools are among the several hundred in the state to be honored by the Georgia Department of Education as a 2024-25 Literacy Leader School or a Math Leader School.
The awards honor schools that demonstrated extraordinary achievement or growth in reading or math during last school year, measured by the state’s end-of-grade or end-of-course standardized tests in the Georgia Milestones Assessment System.
“The schools recognized as Literacy Leaders and Math Leaders have shown a deep commitment to ensuring every student has the tools to succeed,” GaDOE superintendent Richard Woods said in a news release. “I’m proud to honor their work and the positive impact they’re making on students across our state as we work to prepare all students for life.”
Out of approximately 2,300 public schools in Georgia, 406 qualified as Literacy Leaders by meeting the criteria and 479 qualified as Math Leaders by meeting the criteria.
COLUMBUS AREA LITERACY LEADER SCHOOLS
Muscogee County
- Britt David Magnet Academy: third-grade gateway outstanding achievement; fourth-grade achievement; fourth-grade growth; fifth-grade outstanding achievement
- Columbus High School: outstanding achievement
- Double Churches Elementary School: third-grade gateway growth
- Gentian Elementary School: third-grade gateway growth
- Johnson Elementary School: third-grade gateway growth
- Northside High School: growth
- Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts: high school achievement
- Rigdon Road Elementary School: third-grade gateway growth
Harris County
- Park Elementary School: third-grade gateway growth
- Pine Ridge Elementary School: third-grade gateway growth
COLUMBUS AREA MATH LEADER SCHOOLS
Muscogee County
- Aaron Cohn Middle School: eighth-grade gateway growth; achievement
- Arnold Middle School: eighth-grade gateway growth
- Blanchard Elementary School: fifth-grade growth
- Britt David Magnet Academy: third-grade achievement; fourth-grade achievement; fifth-grade gateway achievement
- Columbus High School: achievement
- Double Churches Middle School: growth
- East Columbus Magnet Academy: growth
- Fort Middle School: growth
- North Columbus Elementary School: fifth-grade gateway growth
- Richards Middle School: outstanding achievement
- Veterans Memorial Middle School: outstanding achievement
- Waddell Elementary School: fifth-grade gateway growth
Harris County
- Carver Middle School: eighth-grade gateway growth; outstanding achievement
