Double Churches Elementary School, Columbus GA

Original Research by School Decision on Double Churches Elementary School

Double Churches Elementary sits in a mid-sized city with a historically distinct downtown anchor, a sprawling military employer in Fort Moore, and ongoing corporate development that has drawn Aflac and other service companies. Housing in the area has moved modestly upward, and families renting or buying near the school are navigating a district that has chosen above-rollback property tax increases in recent years and passed a long-term capital referendum to consolidate and upgrade buildings.

The school itself serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade, holding an enrollment of roughly four to five hundred students across six grades plus pre-K. A substantial share of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is racially mixed, with white and Black students each making up roughly a third, and smaller populations of Hispanic, multiracial, and Asian students.

In state testing, Double Churches shows proficiency rates that fall below the midpoint. In third-grade math, fewer than two in five students reached proficiency; fourth-grade math dropped to under three in ten; and fifth-grade math fell to about one in four. English language arts was somewhat stronger: third grade showed proficiency in one in four students, fourth grade rose to about one in three, and fifth grade reached just above two in five. Science proficiency in fifth grade stood at about two in five. These numbers indicate that a meaningful portion of the student body is not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks, particularly in mathematics across the elementary grades. A parent should ask the school directly what reading and math interventions are in place, how they are staffed, and what the timeline and goals are for students not yet proficient.

The school is a regular public school operated by Muscogee County Public Schools. It does not appear in any specialty program designation; it functions as a neighborhood elementary serving its immediate area. For families living or considering a move to the Double Churches Road area, this is the assigned elementary feeder. The broader district is currently investing in building upgrades through an approved sales-tax referendum, and has signaled a multi-year commitment to facility improvements that will affect the physical learning environment over the next several years.

The school's academic profile suggests a student population with real instructional needs and an achievement gap that warrants close attention. Parents evaluating this school would benefit from visiting, speaking with staff about intervention structures and progress-monitoring practices, and understanding the school's approach to differentiated instruction across performance levels. The proficiency data are a starting point for that conversation, not a final judgment.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 337%

School 37% · District 27% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 30% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 26% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 27% · ▲ 7 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 32% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 32% · ▲ 7 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

This schoolMuscogee County, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income24%Higher-income37%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income27%Higher-income35%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income47%Higher-income62%15 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income34%Higher-income48%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income27%Higher-income47%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income34%Higher-income46%12 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income24%Higher-income51%28 pp gap

Grades 3-8Lower-income28%Higher-income49%21 pp gap