Baker Middle School, 1215 Benning Drive, Columbus: grades 6-8, 719 students, 2025 CCRPI score 56.4. Office: 706-683-8721.

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

Baker Middle School is a Muscogee County School District middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 1215 Benning Drive, Columbus, GA 31903. The front office number is 706-683-8721.

Baker is a zoned middle school on Benning Drive in south Columbus, on the same road as Dorothy Height Elementary.

Who to call
Address 1215 Benning Drive, Columbus, GA 31903
Phone 706-683-8721
Grades Grades 6 to 8
School day 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
District Muscogee County School District

Principal

Principal Lamont Sheffield, according to the district’s middle school directory. The directory lists Derrielle Morris as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 547 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 13 students per teacher.
  • State count: 719 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 646 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 56.4
2024 58.6
2023 50.0

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 23.7, progress 71.4, closing gaps 67.3 and readiness 71.2, each a component score out of 100.

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

Subject Proficient Distinguished
English language arts 9.3% 1.6%
Math 4.7% 0.4%
Science 4.5% 1.1%
Social studies 1.1% 2.3%

See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Baker Middle, 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 middle school hours as 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.. Its bus zone tool gives the same times for this school.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Baker Middle School serve?

Baker Middle School serves grades 6 to 8, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 1215 Benning Drive, Columbus.

What is Baker Middle School’s CCRPI score?

Baker Middle School scored 56.4 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 58.6 in 2024.

What time does Baker Middle School start?

The district lists middle school hours as 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m., and its bus zone tool gives the same times for this school.