William Henry Spencer High School, is at 1000 Fort Benning Road in Columbus, Georgia, United States.
The Shepherd Drive location was designated as the Columbus city high school that military-dependent students from neighboring Fort Benning would attend after the 5th Circuit Court's 1971 desegregation order was handed down.
In essence, the desegregation of Spencer High was accomplished with the reallocation of military dependents from Fort Benning, together with non-minority students from outlying Columbus neighborhoods.
[2] The 4340 Victory Drive facility developed engineering issues such as foundation settling, cracked floors and tilting walls.
As a result, in November 2016, the City of Columbus and the Muscogee County School District authorized funding to build a new facility.
The newest Spencer High School opened in August 2018, is located at 1000 Fort Benning Road, and is designed to accommodate around 1,100 students.
This includes a rapidly expanding computer science and electronic game design magnet program, growing from an estimated 120 to more than 200 students.