The top reported proficiency rate is 63% in Social studies. The lowest is 11% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on St. Marys Video and Communication Technology
St. Marys Video and Communication Technology is a public elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Columbus. The school's name reflects a specialized instructional focus, though the state assessment results available do not reveal discrete program data or performance by pathway. What does emerge from recent testing is a school where proficiency rates are low across the board.
In math, the school's most recent state testing showed a proficiency rate well below the midpoint. In English language arts, results were marginally higher but still notably weak. Science testing covered a smaller tested cohort and returned an even lower proficiency rate. The data does not flag specific reasons for these low results, nor does it explain whether testing took place under curriculum transitions, staffing changes, or other circumstances that might bear on a single year's snapshot.
All students at St. Marys qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating the school serves a population facing economic hardship. The student body is predominantly Black, with smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, Asian, White, and American Indian students. Enrollment across the grade band is relatively even, ranging from mid-size to slightly larger cohorts at the upper grades. The school sits on Saint Marys Road in Columbus, in the zip code that includes a mix of residential and urban areas near the consolidated city.
Columbus itself is a mid-sized city with a clear downtown core, anchored by civic and cultural institutions along the Chattahoochee RiverWalk, and major employers including Fort Moore, Aflac, Synovus, and manufacturing and healthcare firms. The broader region is seeing slow population growth with some outmigration, though major projects including Pratt & Whitney expansion and new housing development are underway. Housing costs in the area sit below state and national medians, making homeownership more affordable relative to income, though rental housing is tight.
Muscogee County Schools has committed to capital investment through a voter-approved sales tax that will fund facility consolidations and safety upgrades over the next several years, and the district has raised property taxes above the rollback rate in recent years to support operations. For a family considering this school, the immediate signal is that state proficiency measures are significantly below where the state expects students to perform. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand whether specialized instruction, targeted interventions, or upcoming changes are part of the school's improvement plan, and to visit and observe instruction directly.
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