Northside High School, 2002 American Way, Columbus: grades 9-12, 1,499 students, 2025 CCRPI score 82.6. Office: 706-748-2920.

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

Northside High School is a Muscogee County School District high school for grades 9 to 12 at 2002 American Way, Columbus, GA 31909. The front office number is 706-748-2920.

Northside is the district’s largest high school by enrollment in both the federal and the state counts below. It is a zoned school on American Way in north Columbus and runs an Engineering and Biotechnology magnet program.

Who to call
Address 2002 American Way, Columbus, GA 31909
Phone 706-748-2920
Grades Grades 9 to 12
School day 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
District Muscogee County School District
Program Engineering and Biotechnology magnet program

Principal

Principal Nathan Laney, according to the district’s high school directory.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 1,417 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 16 students per teacher.
  • State count: 1,499 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 1,516 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 82.6 97.3%
2024 85.4 96%
2023 84.9 96.9%

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 77.3, progress 91.9, closing gaps 48.2, readiness 82.8 and graduation 97.1, 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 36.9% 13.6%
Math 39.1% 12.5%
Science 48.2% 14.2%
Social studies 38% 18.9%

See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Northside 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 Engineering and Biotechnology magnet program. 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 high school hours as 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Its bus zone tool gives the same times for this school.

Sports and activities

Northside plays in Region 3-AAAAAA for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignments. The region’s other schools are Creekside, Hughes, Lovejoy, McIntosh, Morrow, Newnan, Tri-Cities and Woodward Academy.

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:

  • Friday, Oct. 9: Northside at Creekside, Fairburn, 7:30 p.m.
  • Friday, Oct. 16: Tri-Cities at Northside, Kinnett Stadium, 7 p.m.
  • Friday, Oct. 23: Northside at McIntosh, Peachtree City, 7:30 p.m.
  • Friday, Oct. 30: Northside at Newnan, 7:30 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 Northside High School serve?

Northside High School serves grades 9 to 12, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 2002 American Way, Columbus.

What is Northside High School’s CCRPI score?

Northside High School scored 82.6 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 85.4 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 97.3%.

What time does Northside High School start?

The district lists high school hours as 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., and its bus zone tool gives the same times for this school.