Double Churches Middle School, 7611 Whitesville Road, Columbus: grades 6-8, 509 students, 2025 CCRPI score 67.2. Office: 706-748-2678.

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.

Double Churches Middle School is a Muscogee County School District middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 7611 Whitesville Road, Columbus, GA 31904. The front office number is 706-748-2678.

Double Churches Middle sits on Whitesville Road in north Columbus. Double Churches Elementary, a separate school, is on Double Churches Road.

Who to call
Address 7611 Whitesville Road, Columbus, GA 31904
Phone 706-748-2678
Grades Grades 6 to 8
School day 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
District Muscogee County School District

Principal

Principal Michael Seckinger, according to the district’s middle school directory. The directory lists Christy Russell as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 442 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 13 students per teacher.
  • State count: 509 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 540 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 67.2
2024 66.8
2023 64.5

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 45.5, progress 85.3, closing gaps 56.3 and readiness 76.4, 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 23.9% 4.5%
Math 17.8% 1.6%
Science 17.2% 1.6%
Social studies 21.3% 3.3%

See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Double Churches 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 Double Churches Middle School serve?

Double Churches Middle School serves grades 6 to 8, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 7611 Whitesville Road, Columbus.

What is Double Churches Middle School’s CCRPI score?

Double Churches Middle School scored 67.2 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 66.8 in 2024.

What time does Double Churches 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.