Columbus High School, 1700 Cherokee Ave., Columbus: grades 9-12, 1,171 students, 2025 CCRPI score 99.7. Office: 706-748-2534.

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

Columbus High School is a Muscogee County School District high school for grades 9 to 12 at 1700 Cherokee Ave., Columbus, GA 31906. The front office number is 706-748-2534.

Columbus High is one of the district’s four system-wide magnet schools. Students from across the county apply to its Liberal Arts Magnet through the district’s online magnet application, and the district says out-of-county and out-of-state students are not eligible to attend.

Who to call

  • Front office: 706-748-2534, 1700 Cherokee Ave., Columbus, GA 31906
  • School website: www.columbushighga.org
  • Enrolling a new student: the district’s online registration, or the Public Education Center, 2960 Macon Road, 706-748-2000
  • Buses: district transportation dispatch, 706-748-2876; request bus service
  • Magnet programs: Pre-K-12 Curriculum and Instruction, 706-748-2055
Address 1700 Cherokee Ave., Columbus, GA 31906
Phone 706-748-2534
Grades Grades 9 to 12
School day 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
District Muscogee County School District
Program Liberal Arts Magnet

Principal

Principal Sonya Allen, according to the district’s system-wide magnet school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 1,131 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 19 students per teacher.
  • State count: 1,171 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 1,131 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 Four-year graduation rate
2025 99.7 100%
2024 99.6 100%
2023 87.1 100%

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 100, progress 100, closing gaps 100, readiness 97.7 and graduation 100, each a component score out of 100.

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

Subject Proficient Distinguished
English language arts 49.6% 43.9%
Math 28.2% 59.6%
Science 47.5% 40.3%
Social studies 50.8% 44%

See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Columbus High, 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.

Programs

The district’s magnet program list names the school’s Liberal Arts Magnet. It is a system-wide magnet, so admission is by application. According to the district’s magnet programs page, every prospective student must apply online and complete the entrance criteria when the magnet application opens in the fall, and open house sessions run through the fall. Questions go to the district’s Pre-K-12 Curriculum and Instruction office, 706-748-2055.

Attendance zone

As a system-wide magnet, the school draws students from across Muscogee County by application. To find the zoned schools for any address, use the district’s infoFinder address lookup, linked from its school bus zones page.

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 high school hours as 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m..

Sports and activities

Columbus plays in Region 1-AAAA for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignments. The region’s other schools are Bainbridge, Cairo, Dougherty, Hardaway, Monroe, Shaw, Spencer and Westover.

The district’s high school athletics page lists football, cross country, volleyball, softball, spirit and competition cheerleading and girls flag football in the fall; basketball, swimming, wrestling and rifle in the winter; and baseball, track, soccer, tennis and golf in the spring. Girls lacrosse is offered only at Columbus High.

District high schools share stadiums. The rest of the regular season, from the district’s varsity football schedule updated Oct. 5:

  • Thursday, Oct. 8: Columbus at Hardaway, Odis Spencer Stadium, 7 p.m.
  • Friday, Oct. 16: Columbus at Monroe, Albany, 7:30 p.m.
  • Friday, Oct. 30: Cairo at Columbus, Kinnett Stadium, 7 p.m.
  • Thursday, Nov. 5: Columbus at Spencer, Odis Spencer Stadium, 7 p.m.

Follow the teams on our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Columbus High School serve?

Columbus High School serves grades 9 to 12, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 1700 Cherokee Ave., Columbus.

What is Columbus High School’s CCRPI score?

Columbus High School scored 99.7 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 99.6 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 100%.

What time does Columbus High School start?

The district lists high school hours as 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m..

How do students get into Columbus High School?

Students apply through the Muscogee County School District’s online magnet application, which opens in the fall. The district says out-of-county and out-of-state students are not eligible.