River Road Elementary School, Columbus: report card and calendar

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.

River Road Elementary School is a Muscogee County School District elementary school for pre-K to grade 5 at 516 Heath Drive, Columbus, GA 31904. The front office number is 706-748-3072.

River Road is a zoned elementary school on Heath Drive in north Columbus.

Who to call

• Front office: 706-748-3072, 516 Heath Drive, Columbus, GA 31904
• School website: sites.muscogee.k12.ga.us/riverroad
• 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

Principal

Principal Carlos Jackson, according to the district’s elementary school directory. The directory lists Jan Thomas as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

• Federal count: 435 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 14 students per teacher.
• State count: 468 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 429 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.

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 40.3, progress 67.5, closing gaps 47.5 and readiness 77, 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):

See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for River Road 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 two 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.

More on Columbus schools

• The school’s website and the district’s elementary 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 River Road Elementary School serve?

River Road 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 516 Heath Drive, Columbus.

What is River Road Elementary School’s CCRPI score?

River Road Elementary School scored 58.2 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, down from 62.5 in 2024.

What time does River Road 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.