Spencer High School, 1000 Fort Benning Road, Columbus: grades 9-12, 1,144 students, 2025 CCRPI score 63.9. Office: 706-683-8701.
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.
Spencer High School is a Muscogee County School District high school for grades 9 to 12 at 1000 Fort Benning Road, Columbus, GA 31903. The front office number is 706-683-8701.
The district’s magnet list names the school William Henry Spencer High School. It is a zoned high school on Fort Benning Road in south Columbus.
Who to call
- Front office: 706-683-8701, 1000 Fort Benning Road, Columbus, GA 31903
- School website: sites.muscogee.k12.ga.us/spencer
- 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 | 1000 Fort Benning Road, Columbus, GA 31903 |
| Phone | 706-683-8701 |
| Grades | Grades 9 to 12 |
| School day | 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. |
| District | Muscogee County School District |
| Program | Academy for Computer Science and Game Design |
Principal
Principal Rosa Patterson, according to the district’s high school directory.
Enrollment and teachers
- Federal count: 1,004 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 18 students per teacher.
- State count: 1,144 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 1,143 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 | 63.9 | 94.8% |
| 2024 | 59.2 | 91.2% |
| 2023 | 63.5 | 85.4% |
The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 34.1, progress 79.7, closing gaps 72.9, readiness 55.9 and graduation 93.8, 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 | 13.4% | 3.2% |
| Math | 11.6% | 0.8% |
| Science | 16.7% | 1.7% |
| Social studies | 19.2% | 2.6% |
See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Spencer 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 Academy for Computer Science and Game Design. 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
Spencer plays in Region 1-AAAA for 2026-27, according to the GHSA region alignments. The region’s other schools are Bainbridge, Cairo, Columbus, Dougherty, Hardaway, Monroe, Shaw and Westover.
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: Westover at Spencer, Odis Spencer Stadium, 7 p.m.
- Friday, Oct. 16: Shaw at Spencer, Odis Spencer Stadium, 7 p.m.
- Thursday, Oct. 29: Spencer at Monroe, Albany, 7:30 p.m.
- Thursday, Nov. 5: Columbus at Spencer, Odis Spencer Stadium, 7 p.m.
Follow the teams on our Friday night football page and the high school scoreboard.
More on Columbus schools
- The school’s website and the district’s high 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 Spencer High School serve?
Spencer High School serves grades 9 to 12, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 1000 Fort Benning Road, Columbus.
What is Spencer High School’s CCRPI score?
Spencer High School scored 63.9 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 59.2 in 2024. Its four-year graduation rate was 94.8%.
What time does Spencer 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.
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