Dorothy Height Elementary School, 1458 Benning Drive, Columbus: pre-K to grade 5, 480 students, 2025 CCRPI score 45.8. Office: 706-683-8871.

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.

Dorothy Height Elementary School is a Muscogee County School District elementary school for pre-K to grade 5 at 1458 Benning Drive, Columbus, GA 31903. The front office number is 706-683-8871.

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

Who to call
Address 1458 Benning Drive, Columbus, GA 31903
Phone 706-683-8871
Grades Pre-K to grade 5
School day 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
District Muscogee County School District

Principal

Principal Meredith Adams, according to the district’s elementary school directory. The directory lists Sonia Moore as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 432 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 12 students per teacher.
  • State count: 480 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 474 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 45.8
2024 50.3
2023 53.4

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 28.4, progress 68, closing gaps 0 and readiness 67.2, 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 8.1% 3%
Math 9.1% 2.5%
Science 11% 4.1%

See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Dorothy Height 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.

The school has three Georgia Pre-K classes, according to the district’s pre-K 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 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 Dorothy Height Elementary School serve?

Dorothy Height Elementary School serves pre-K to grade 5, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 1458 Benning Drive, Columbus.

What is Dorothy Height Elementary School’s CCRPI score?

Dorothy Height Elementary School scored 45.8 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 50.3 in 2024.

What time does Dorothy Height 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.