Two houses a block apart near Fort Benning can be zoned for different schools. Listing sites show homes near a school, not homes zoned for it. Pick the school first and see only the homes that feed it. Kelsey and I are an Army family, and on every move we picked where to live around our kids’ schools.
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Pick the grade level, then a school. You’ll see the homes zoned for it, not just homes nearby.
Grade level School systemScores are each state’s own published ratings: Georgia’s 2025 CCRPI score (2024–25 school year) and Alabama’s 2024–25 report card grade. The two states score differently, so compare schools within a state. Zone lines in the home search come from Pitney Bowes attendance boundaries; districts redraw them, so confirm the address with us or the district before you write an offer.
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The school systems around Fort Benning
Columbus (Muscogee County)
The biggest system, with application-based magnet programs open county-wide. Zones split neighborhoods, so check the street address.
Muscogee zoning and registration →Harris County
One high school and one middle school, so the question is which elementary a house feeds. Fortson, Cataula, Hamilton and Midland.
Harris County zones →Phenix City and Russell County
Across the river in Alabama. Inside city limits is usually Phenix City Schools; outside is often Russell County, depending on the address.
Phenix City and Russell County zones →Smiths Station (Lee County)
Four elementaries serving Pre-K to 6th grade, then Smiths Station Junior High and High School.
Lee County zones →Before you rely on a school zone
Zone lines follow the street address, not the subdivision name, and districts redraw them. Before you write an offer, confirm the zoned school with the district or send us the address and we’ll check it. Weighing commute too? See homes for sale by Fort Benning gate.
Where the scores come from. Georgia scores are the 2025 College and Career Ready Performance Index (CCRPI) single score for the 2024–25 school year, from the state’s Georgia School Grades data. Georgia no longer publishes A–F letter grades. Alabama grades and points are from the Alabama State Report Card for 2024–25. We don’t rank schools for you; every visitor sees the same official numbers. This page lists 59 Georgia and 25 Alabama public schools.
Recent changes. Dawson Elementary and St. Mary’s Road Magnet Academy in Columbus closed after the 2023–24 school year and merged into Mary A. Buckner Academy, which opened in August 2024. Some home-search zone maps haven’t caught up yet, so ask us which homes are zoned for Buckner. Smiths Station Freshman Center shows no score because the state reports insufficient data for it.
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