Mary A. Buckner Academy, 5151 Kennedy St., Columbus: pre-K to grade 5, 842 students, 2025 CCRPI score 56.5. Office: 762-332-4360.

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

Mary A. Buckner Academy is a Muscogee County School District elementary school for pre-K to grade 5 at 5151 Kennedy St., Columbus, GA 31907. The front office number is 762-332-4360.

Mary A. Buckner Academy is the district’s newest elementary school. It first appears in the state’s 2025 report, which covers the 2024-25 school year, so it has no federal enrollment count yet. Dawson Elementary on Northstar Drive and St. Marys Video and Communication Technology on St. Marys Road, two east Columbus schools in the federal directory, last appear in the state’s 2024 report and are no longer in the district’s directory.

Who to call
Address 5151 Kennedy St., Columbus, GA 31907
Phone 762-332-4360
Grades Pre-K to grade 5
School day 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
District Muscogee County School District

Principal

Principal LaTonya Hamilton, according to the district’s elementary school directory. The directory lists Fredrick Weldon as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • State count: 842 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report.

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 56.5

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 30.9, progress 70.9 and readiness 69.5, 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 13.7% 1.7%
Math 7.7% 2.6%
Science 11.2% 3%

The state’s School Grades site for Muscogee County has the full report; search for the school by name. GaDOE’s CCRPI reporting site holds the same scores. 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 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 Mary A. Buckner Academy serve?

Mary A. Buckner Academy serves pre-K to grade 5, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 5151 Kennedy St., Columbus.

What is Mary A. Buckner Academy’s CCRPI score?

Mary A. Buckner Academy scored 56.5 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report.

What time does Mary A. Buckner Academy 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.