Allen Elementary School, 5201 23rd Ave., Columbus: K to grade 5, 471 students, 2025 CCRPI score 57.5. Office: 706-748-2418.

Last checked Oct. 6, 2026. Sources: Muscogee County School District and its elementary school directory, the state’s 2025 School Grades data and the federal NCES school directory.

Allen Elementary School is a Muscogee County School District elementary school for kindergarten to grade 5 at 5201 23rd Ave., Columbus, GA 31904. The front office number is 706-748-2418.

Allen is a zoned elementary school on 23rd Avenue in north-central Columbus, near Arnold Magnet Academy on 51st Street.

Who to call
Address 5201 23rd Ave., Columbus, GA 31904
Phone 706-748-2418
Grades Kindergarten to grade 5
School day 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
District Muscogee County School District

Principal

Principal LaToya Sanders, according to the district’s elementary school directory. The directory lists Vanita Pharrams as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 446 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 students per teacher.
  • State count: 471 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 487 in 2024.

State report card

Georgia grades schools with the College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI), which the Georgia Department of Education calls “Georgia’s annual tool for measuring how well schools, districts, and the state are preparing students for the next educational level,” according to its accountability page. Its five components are each scored from 0 to 100. The district’s own 2025 score was 69.3.

Report year CCRPI score
2025 57.5
2024 67.4
2023 71.9

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 40.8, progress 72.6, closing gaps 25 and readiness 80.7, each a component score out of 100.

Georgia Milestones, 2025 end-of-grade tests, elementary grades (share of tested students at the proficient and distinguished levels):

Subject Proficient Distinguished
English language arts 17.3% 2.5%
Math 13.7% 4.1%
Science 15.2% 10.6%

See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Allen Elementary, linked from the district’s directory, or on GaDOE’s CCRPI reporting site. Both are interactive dashboards; the figures above come from the state’s downloadable data file.

Attendance zone

Zones do not follow neighborhood or ZIP code lines. Check any address with the district’s infoFinder address lookup, linked from its school bus zones page; it shows the zoned elementary, middle and high school and the nearest bus stop. The district does not publish a separate feeder list on its website, so confirm the middle and high school for a specific address in infoFinder.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar:

  • Oct. 9-12: fall break, Friday through Monday
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, no school
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; the second semester starts Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
  • Friday, May 21, 2027: last day for students

The district’s schools page lists elementary school hours as 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.. Its bus zone tool gives the same times for this school.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Allen Elementary School serve?

Allen Elementary School serves kindergarten to grade 5, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 5201 23rd Ave., Columbus.

What is Allen Elementary School’s CCRPI score?

Allen Elementary School scored 57.5 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 67.4 in 2024.

What time does Allen Elementary School start?

The district lists elementary school hours as 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., and its bus zone tool gives the same times for this school.