Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts (RMSOTA) is a fine arts academy located in Columbus, GA. Students study art, dance, theatre, music, film, and creative writing. RMSOTA is a full magnet school within the Muscogee County School District (MCSD) that was funded through Special Local Option Sales Taxes (SPLOST). The $36 million dollar facility opened on August 7, 2017 and serves students in grades 6 through 12. The school was designed by Hecht Burdeshaw Architects, Inc. and constructed by Brasfield & Gorrie. RMSOTA is a three-story, 120,000 square feet of space with room to house up to 500 middle and high school students. There is dedicated space for band, chorus, orchestra, piano lab, black box theatre, dance studios, art gallery, dark room, practice rooms, digital editing rooms, film edit suite, film screening auditorium, and a 650 seat concert hall.

Rainey-McCullers is a 2019 Distinguished Title 1 School as determined by the Georgia Department of Education. This honor/recognition is bestowed upon the Top 5% of performing schools in the state that are title 1 schools. During the 2018 – 2019 school year Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts was a title one school. The designation is based on our student’s performance on the Georgia EOG and EOC assessments. We are NOT a title 1 school this year as this determination is based on student enrollment. Our status for the 2020 – 2021 academic year has not been determined as student enrollment is based on applications and auditions which have not yet been finalized. 

Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts is honored to be a K-12 Steinway Select School. Through this partnership with Steinway & Sons, our school is equipped with the finest pianos possible. This enables students of Rainey-McCullers to realize their artistic talents using the best instruments available, and prepares them to compete at the highest level in the professional world.