Veterans Memorial Middle School, 2008 Old Guard Road, Columbus: grades 6-8, 726 students, 2025 CCRPI score 69.1. Office: 706-748-3203.

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.

Veterans Memorial Middle School is a Muscogee County School District middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 2008 Old Guard Road, Columbus, GA 31909. The front office number is 706-748-3203.

Veterans Memorial is a zoned middle school on Old Guard Road in north Columbus, on the same road as North Columbus Elementary, 2006 Old Guard Road.

Who to call
Address 2008 Old Guard Road, Columbus, GA 31909
Phone 706-748-3203
Grades Grades 6 to 8
School day 8:10 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
District Muscogee County School District

Principal

Principal Robert Ogburn, according to the district’s middle school directory. The directory lists Jennifer Ellis as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 658 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 students per teacher.
  • State count: 726 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 703 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 69.1
2024 62.0
2023 70.6

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 53.3, progress 77.8, closing gaps 63.2 and readiness 82.2, 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 28.5% 6.3%
Math 19.8% 7.3%
Science 17.1% 8.8%
Social studies 28.4% 7.7%

See the full report on the state’s School Grades page for Veterans Memorial 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.

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.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Veterans Memorial Middle School serve?

Veterans Memorial Middle School serves grades 6 to 8, according to the state’s 2025 report card. It is a Muscogee County School District school at 2008 Old Guard Road, Columbus.

What is Veterans Memorial Middle School’s CCRPI score?

Veterans Memorial Middle School scored 69.1 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 62.0 in 2024.

What time does Veterans Memorial 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.