Waddell Elementary School, 6101 Miller Road, Columbus: pre-K to grade 5, 526 students, 2025 CCRPI score 61.9. Office: 706-569-3722.

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.

Waddell Elementary School is a Muscogee County School District elementary school for pre-K to grade 5 at 6101 Miller Road, Columbus, GA 31907. The front office number is 706-569-3722.

Waddell is a zoned elementary school on Miller Road in east Columbus.

Who to call
Address 6101 Miller Road, Columbus, GA 31907
Phone 706-569-3722
Grades Pre-K to grade 5
School day 7:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
District Muscogee County School District

Principal

Principal James Maye, according to the district’s elementary school directory. The directory lists Mekiko Ford as assistant principal.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 482 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 students per teacher.
  • State count: 526 students in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 506 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 61.9
2024 52.4
2023 62.8

The 2025 score breaks down into content mastery 43.7, progress 59.9, closing gaps 84.6 and readiness 75.7, 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 15.7% 6%
Math 17.6% 2.8%
Science 24.6% 4.9%

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

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 Waddell Elementary School serve?

Waddell 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 6101 Miller Road, Columbus.

What is Waddell Elementary School’s CCRPI score?

Waddell Elementary School scored 61.9 on Georgia’s College and Career Ready Performance Index in the state’s 2025 School Grades report, up from 52.4 in 2024.

What time does Waddell 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.