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Wesley Heights Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

1007^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,219 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 17% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Wesley Heights Elementary School in Columbus, GA, serves 349 students in grades PK-5 within the Muscogee County School District, where 100% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.

Wesley Heights is showing promising signs of progress. The school's chronic absenteeism rate has dropped dramatically from 20.6% to 13.5% over two years—now well below the district average of 19.5% and the state average of 17.7%. This improvement is especially notable when compared to nearby schools like Mary A Buckner Academy (36.1% absenteeism) and Gentian Elementary School (24.1%). The school has also invested in smaller class sizes, improving its student-teacher ratio to 13.1:1—better than Waddell Elementary School (16.5:1) and Mary A Buckner Academy (19.7:1)—while increasing per-student spending to $15,729.

Academically, the picture is mixed but shows bright spots. In the most recent testing cycle, 40% of 4th graders scored proficient in math—exceeding the district average of 36.1% and a dramatic jump from 22.7% the prior year. The school also performs relatively well with its African American students, ranking at the 37th percentile statewide for that subgroup. However, 5th grade science proficiency (20.5%) lags well behind the district (35.5%) and state (44.2%) averages, with nearby schools like Rigdon Road Elementary School (47.5%) and Lonnie Jackson Academy (41.7%) performing much stronger. Test scores have fluctuated significantly year to year, likely due to small class sizes, but the school's overall state ranking has improved from the 12th to the 17th percentile. While Clubview Elementary School (59th percentile) serves a less economically disadvantaged population, Wesley Heights is making meaningful strides in attendance and targeted academic areas that suggest its current strategies are taking hold.

349

Students ?

13.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$15,729

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1801 Amber Dr
Columbus, GA 31907

(706) 569-3733

District: Muscogee County

Students who attend Wesley Heights Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Rothschild Leadership Academy School
High:	Kendrick High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

86.5%

Two or more races:

6.3%

Hispanic:

5.4%

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Test scores delayed: 2026 rankings for Georgia do not yet include English Language Arts scores, which will not be released by the Georgia Department of Education until winter 2026.

At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 18th percentile in 2016 → 17th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (27% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (17th percentile)

!Science scores 24 pts below the Georgia average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school27%

District avg32%

Georgia avg47%

1,007^th of 1,219

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 17%▬ steady since 2016

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SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 30Elementary Schools in the Muscogee County

148^th of 201Muscogee County among Georgia districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	19.1	1007 of 1219	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.9	1093 of 1238	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.7	1040 of 1236	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.9	981 of 1223	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.8	1094 of 1220	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	13.1	1074 of 1214	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	9.8	1149 of 1234	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.5	1068 of 1209	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.5	1013 of 1205	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	19.1	1014 of 1233	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.5	1073 of 1240	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	20.8	1054 of 1231	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	6.0	1172 of 1225	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	9.0	1119 of 1201	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	6.2	1161 of 1212	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	12.4	1088 of 1183	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	14.5	1031 of 1133	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	41.6	746 of 1134	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2007	47.4	690 of 1125	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	27.3	899 of 1101	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	36.3	522 of 828	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	22.5	745 of 892	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.9	626 of 879	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.5	566 of 870	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.0	697 of 876	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	12.4	1098 of 1186	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	21.7	983 of 1224	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.5	1038 of 1223	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	904 of 1212	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	15.3	1054 of 1206	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	26.2	882 of 1183	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.4	1163 of 1225	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.1	1017 of 1220	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.0	1043 of 1210	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.3	1127 of 1209	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2026)37th percentile+20 vs school

Male (2026)25th percentile+8 vs school

Female (2026)7th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics28%-19 vs state

Science20%-24 vs state

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by a parent
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

I feel that Wesley Heights is less than satisfactory. My children are assigned to this school due to our location and I really wish we would of had more time to find a location to move to when we found out we were being relocated to this part of GA (military PCS). My kids did have wonderful teachers at this school last year my issues are really more with the managerial aspect of the school. The principal and the office staff. I have big issues when it comes to discipline and disruptions in school, obviously I can only control how my own children behave in school but there is not much done here at Wesley Heights to protect the children who do behave at school from missing out due to disruptive behaviors. My children's teachers often told me that much time was lost in the classroom due to having to place learning on hold to "take care of disruptive children". I often went to the school to volunteer and help out when and where I would and I saw first hand the children who act out and disrupt class. Nothing is done to stop the behavior and it seems as if the lack of parental support at the school has a negative effect on the disciplinary issues during school hours. Parent involvement needs to improve before anything will ever change for Wesley Heights. We will not be back this year. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				Milestones Assessment Mathematics (2026)			Milestones Assessment Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	Milestones Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	Milestones Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Wesley Heights Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1801 Amber Dr	Columbus	31907	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 569-3733	349	27	13.1	100.0%	5 (1.4%)	302 (86.5%)	19 (5.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.3%)	19.1	1007^th of 1219 public elementary schools	17.4%		14.9	1093^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	11.7%	86	27.4	40.0	20.5	20.5	$15,729	$1,770	$13,960
Georgetown Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	954 High Ln	Columbus	31907	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 565-2980	394	28	14.3	100.0%	14 (3.6%)	329 (83.5%)	29 (7.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (4.8%)	16.1	1056^th of 1219 public elementary schools	13.4%		9.2	1195^th of 1238 public elementary schools	3.5%	139	15.4	20.0	12.1	39.7	$14,605	$1,735	$12,869
Forrest Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6400 Forrest Rd	Columbus	31907	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 565-3061	278	18	15.8	100.0%	11 (4.0%)	230 (82.7%)	19 (6.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.1%)	19.7	997^th of 1219 public elementary schools	18.2%		6.9	1216^th of 1238 public elementary schools	1.8%	219	28.9	30.3	22.5	27.5	$17,834	$2,255	$15,580
Lonnie Jackson Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	4601 Buena Vista Rd	Columbus	31907	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 565-3039	395	27	14.9	100.0%	15 (3.8%)	325 (82.3%)	25 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	26 (6.6%)	17.8	1031^st of 1219 public elementary schools	15.4%		18.5	1021^st of 1238 public elementary schools	17.5%	10	1.4	25.4	11.1	41.7	$16,274	$1,663	$14,611
Reese Road Leadership Academy	Public	K-5	3100 Reese Rd	Columbus	31907	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 569-3684	387	29	13.5	100.0%	62 (16.0%)	191 (49.4%)	99 (25.6%)	8 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (6.7%)	27	877^th of 1219 public elementary schools	28.1%		28.7	861^st of 1238 public elementary schools	30.5%	16	13.6	46.9	27.5	31.8	$15,751	$1,343	$14,408
Dimon Elementary	Public, Magnet	K-5	480 Dogwood Dr	Columbus	31907	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	Yes	No	Yes	(706) 683-8772	358	29	12.3	100.0%	10 (2.8%)	270 (75.4%)	42 (11.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (10.1%)	28.7	849^th of 1219 public elementary schools	30.4%		20.8	985^th of 1238 public elementary schools	20.4%	136	34.5	44.7	17.0	32.1	$16,235	$1,513	$14,722
Mary A Buckner Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	5151 Kennedy Street	Columbus	31907	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(762) 332-4360	789	40	19.7	100.0%	24 (3.0%)	664 (84.2%)	48 (6.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	50 (6.3%)	5.9	1203^rd of 1219 public elementary schools	1.3%					(n/a)	8.7	13.6	11.3	16.1	$12,289	$771	$11,518
Gentian Elementary School	Public	K-5	4201 Primrose Rd	Columbus	31907	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 569-3625	442	39	11.3	100.0%	92 (20.8%)	249 (56.3%)	49 (11.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (11.5%)	15.2	1076^th of 1219 public elementary schools	11.7%		27	891^st of 1238 public elementary schools	28.0%	185	24.6	33.4	7.2	26.2	$17,419	$2,282	$15,136
Rigdon Road Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1320 Rigdon Rd	Columbus	31906	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 565-2989	437	32	13.8	100.0%	25 (5.7%)	343 (78.5%)	31 (7.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (8.5%)	19.8	995^th of 1219 public elementary schools	18.4%		8	1206^th of 1238 public elementary schools	2.6%	211	16.4	14.2	20.0	47.5	$17,132	$2,196	$14,936
Waddell Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	6101 Miller Rd	Columbus	31907	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 569-3722	520	32	16.5	100.0%	44 (8.5%)	402 (77.3%)	37 (7.1%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (6.2%)	19.4	1003^rd of 1219 public elementary schools	17.7%		19.3	1008^th of 1238 public elementary schools	18.6%	5	34.7	23.0	18.6	30.0	$13,137	$1,219	$11,918

Frequently Asked Questions about Wesley Heights Elementary School

What schools do graduates of Wesley Heights Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Wesley Heights Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Rothschild Leadership Academy School
High : Kendrick High School

Is Wesley Heights Elementary School a good school?

Wesley Heights Elementary School ranks in the bottom 17.4% of Georgia elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Wesley Heights Elementary School?

Students at Wesley Heights Elementary School are 87% African American, 6% Two or more races, 5% Hispanic, 1% White.

What district is Wesley Heights Elementary School in?

Muscogee County

How many students attend Wesley Heights Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 349 students attended Wesley Heights Elementary School.

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