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Rigdon Road Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5

998^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,222 Georgia Elementary Schools

Better than 18% of Georgia elementary schools

Summary

Rigdon Road Elementary School in Columbus, GA, serves 437 students in grades PK through 5 within the Muscogee County district, a school that has recently shown remarkable momentum after several challenging years.

The most striking news for parents is the school’s dramatic turnaround. After ranking in the bottom 5% of Georgia elementary schools for two consecutive years, Rigdon Road jumped more than 200 spots to the 18th percentile for the 2025-2026 school year—a clear sign of positive momentum. This improvement is backed by standout results in 5th-grade science, where 47.5% of students met proficiency, beating both the district average (35.5%) and the state average (44.2%). In fact, this science performance far outpaces nearby Wynnton Elementary (32.7%) and Davis Elementary (16.9%). The school also saw a tenfold increase in 5th-grade math proficiency, jumping from 1.8% to 20%—still below state averages, but a strong indicator of targeted improvement.

Another bright spot is attendance. Despite serving a student body with a 100% free and reduced lunch rate, Rigdon Road’s chronic absenteeism rate of 16.6% is better than both the district (19.5%) and state (17.7%) averages. This is a key differentiator from peers like Gentian Elementary, which has a 24.1% absenteeism rate. The school also invests heavily in students, spending $17,132 per pupil and maintaining a favorable 13.8:1 student-teacher ratio. While math remains an area for growth, the combination of rising state rankings, strong science outcomes, and consistent attendance points to a school on an upward trajectory—one that parents may want to watch closely as it continues to build on its recent successes.

437

Students ?

13.8

Student/teacher ratio ?

$17,132

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1320 Rigdon Rd
Columbus, GA 31906

(706) 565-2989

District: Muscogee County

Students who attend Rigdon Road Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Richards Middle School
High:	Hardaway High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

78.5%

Two or more races:

8.5%

Hispanic:

7.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 8th percentile in 2016 → 18th in 2026

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 10 percentile points since 2016

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Georgia average (23% vs 47% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 31 pts below the Georgia average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school23%

District avg32%

Georgia avg47%

998^th of 1,222

Georgia public elementary schools ?

Bottom 18%▲ up 10 pts since 2016

From bottom 8% (2016) to bottom 18% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

12^th of 30Elementary Schools in the Muscogee County

149^th of 202Muscogee 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	19.8	998 of 1222	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	8.0	1206 of 1238	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.9	1179 of 1236	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.9	1069 of 1223	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	1081 of 1220	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.2	990 of 1214	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.8	1182 of 1234	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.1	1148 of 1209	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	6.7	1186 of 1205	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	11.8	1130 of 1233	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	13.0	1126 of 1240	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	7.9	1154 of 1231	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	16.4	1073 of 1225	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	24.4	998 of 1201	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	15.7	1091 of 1212	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	18.3	1050 of 1183	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	12.9	1047 of 1133	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	69.7	336 of 1134	70.4%	★★★★☆
2007	71.3	329 of 1125	70.8%	★★★★☆
2006	67.9	392 of 1101	64.4%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	28.9	608 of 829	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.8	840 of 892	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	848 of 879	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	28.6	637 of 870	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.1	680 of 876	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	19.0	1000 of 1189	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	6.7	1209 of 1224	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.8	1175 of 1223	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.0	1084 of 1212	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.9	1076 of 1206	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2026	21.7	943 of 1186	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	10.9	1157 of 1225	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.4	1152 of 1220	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	1014 of 1210	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.7	1066 of 1209	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Georgia percentile	Rating
2023	12.7	442 of 455	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)27th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2026)20th percentile~ school

Female (2026)16th percentile~ school

Special Education (2023)3rd percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Georgia (2025-2026) ?

Science48%+3 vs state

Mathematics17%-31 vs state

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by a citizen
Friday, September 16, 2016

My children have attended Rigdon Road and it's a great neighborhood school! The teachers care and it shows! 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 (2025)	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
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	998^th of 1222 public elementary schools	18.3%		8	1206^th of 1238 public elementary schools	2.6%	208	16.4	14.2	20.0	47.5	$17,132	$2,196	$14,936
Wynnton Elementary School	Public	K-5	2303 Wynnton Rd	Columbus	31906	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 748-3147	332	29	11.6	100.0%	43 (13.0%)	225 (67.8%)	32 (9.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (9.6%)	17.4	1044^th of 1222 public elementary schools	14.6%		24.6	933^rd of 1238 public elementary schools	24.6%	111	22.8	21.4	23.6	32.7	$17,237	$1,400	$15,838
Brewer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	2951 Martin Luther King	Columbus	31906	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 748-2479	367	36	10.2	100.0%	10 (2.7%)	231 (62.9%)	103 (28.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (5.2%)								(n/a)					$20,971	$1,840	$19,131
Clubview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2836 Edgewood Rd	Columbus	31906	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	No	(706) 565-3017	566	38	14.8	65.7%	257 (45.4%)	181 (32.0%)	63 (11.1%)	10 (1.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (9.4%)	55.3	495^th of 1222 public elementary schools	59.5%		54.2	512^th of 1238 public elementary schools	58.6%	17	46.0	47.7	43.9	50.0	$14,914	$919	$13,995
Davis Elementary School	Public	K-5	1822 Shepherd Dr	Columbus	31906	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 748-2638	387	30	13.1	100.0%	20 (5.2%)	320 (82.7%)	11 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	33 (8.5%)	5.9	1205^th of 1222 public elementary schools	1.4%		4.4	1237^th of 1238 public elementary schools	0.1%	32	15.3	9.4	7.8	16.9	$15,460	$1,631	$13,829
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	1033^rd of 1222 public elementary schools	15.5%		18.5	1021^st of 1238 public elementary schools	17.5%	12	1.4	25.4	11.1	41.7	$16,274	$1,663	$14,611
Hannan Elementary	Public	K-5	1338 Talbotton Rd	Columbus	31901	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 748-2744	322	30	10.5	100.0%	37 (11.5%)	235 (73.0%)	20 (6.2%)	4 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (8.1%)	18.7	1019^th of 1222 public elementary schools	16.6%		31.3	815^th of 1238 public elementary schools	34.2%	204	34.7	27.3	17.1	25.5	$19,254	$2,685	$16,569
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	851^st of 1222 public elementary schools	30.4%		20.8	985^th of 1238 public elementary schools	20.4%	134	34.5	44.7	17.0	32.1	$16,235	$1,513	$14,722
Martin Luther King- Junior Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	350 30th Ave	Columbus	31903	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 683-8815	487	33	14.7	100.0%	14 (2.9%)	338 (69.4%)	123 (25.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (2.1%)	3.8	1215^th of 1222 public elementary schools	0.6%		4.7	1235^th of 1238 public elementary schools	0.2%	20	6.4	10.6	1.2	14.3	$14,349	$1,302	$13,047
Johnson Elementary School	Public	K-5	3700 Woodlawn Ave	Columbus	31904	Muscogee County	Muscogee County	No	No	No	Yes	(706) 748-2795	336	31	11.0	100.0%	106 (31.5%)	138 (41.1%)	45 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (13.4%)	22.8	953^rd of 1222 public elementary schools	22.0%		11.5	1154^th of 1238 public elementary schools	6.8%	201	13.0	31.4	34.8	32.6	$17,567	$2,538	$15,029

Frequently Asked Questions about Rigdon Road Elementary School

Is Rigdon Road Elementary School a good school?

Rigdon Road Elementary School ranks in the bottom 18.3% of Georgia elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Rigdon Road Elementary School?

Students at Rigdon Road Elementary School are 78% African American, 8% Two or more races, 7% Hispanic, 6% White.

How many students attend Rigdon Road Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 437 students attended Rigdon Road Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Rigdon Road Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Rigdon Road Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Richards Middle School
High : Hardaway High School

What district is Rigdon Road Elementary School in?

Muscogee County

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