Fort Middle School, 2900 Woodruff Farm Road, Columbus: grades 6-8, 494 students, 2025 CCRPI score 62.8. Office: 706-569-3740.
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.
Fort Middle School is a Muscogee County School District middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 2900 Woodruff Farm Road, Columbus, GA 31907. The front office number is 706-569-3740.
Fort Middle is a zoned middle school on Woodruff Farm Road in east Columbus. The district’s magnet list calls its program the Fort Service Learning Magnet Academy.
Who to call
- Front office: 706-569-3740, 2900 Woodruff Farm Road, Columbus, GA 31907
- School website: sites.muscogee.k12.ga.us/fort
- 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 | 2900 Woodruff Farm Road, Columbus, GA 31907 |
| Phone | 706-569-3740 |
| Grades | Grades 6 to 8 |
| School day | 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. |
| District | Muscogee County School District |
| Program | Service Learning magnet academy |
Principal
Principal Taneshia Ingersol, according to the district’s middle school directory. The directory lists Shenikki Thornton as assistant principal.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 484 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 students per teacher.
- State count: 494 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 525 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 | 62.8 |
| 2024 | 68.8 |
| 2023 | 50.7 |
The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 37.7, progress 79.7, closing gaps 54.6 and readiness 77.2, 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 | 18.1% | 1.3% |
| Math | 13.4% | 2.9% |
| Science | 19.3% | 2.1% |
| Social studies | 12.4% | 2.1% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Fort 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.
Programs
The district’s magnet program list names the school’s Service Learning magnet academy. Students zoned to the school attend as usual; according to the district’s magnet programs page, magnet applicants apply online when the application opens in the fall and must meet each program’s entrance and continuation standards. Questions go to the district’s Pre-K-12 Curriculum and Instruction office, 706-748-2055.
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.
More on Columbus schools
- The school’s website and the district’s middle school directory
- Every public school in Columbus
- Our Columbus schools guide for enrollment documents, the calendar and board meetings
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Fort Middle School serve?
Fort Middle School serves grades 6 to 8, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 2900 Woodruff Farm Road, Columbus.
What is Fort Middle School’s CCRPI score?
Fort Middle School scored 62.8 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 68.8 in 2024.
What time does Fort 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.
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