📍 1458 Benning Dr, Columbus, Muscogee County, 31903
Dorothy Height Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbus, Muscogee County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Muscogee County school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 9% of students are proficient in reading. 3% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dorothy Height Elementary School enrolls 500 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% Black or African American, 7% Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 427 | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 35 | 7% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 5.2% |
| White | 9 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
483 of the school's 500 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 483 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dorothy Height Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district GA-20, state senate district 15, state house district 136.
Dorothy Height Elementary School is one of 53 schools in Muscogee County, based in Columbus, Georgia. The district serves 29,362 students district-wide and employs 2,006 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 500 students, Dorothy Height Elementary School is close to the district average of about 554 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize
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