📍 311 Martin Luther King Dr., Columbus, Lowndes County, 39701
Stokes Beard Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbus, Lowndes County. The school has 365 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbus Municipal School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Stokes Beard Elementary School enrolls 365 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 2.5% Two or more races and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 353 | 97% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 2.5% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
365 of the school's 365 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 365 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Stokes Beard Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MS-10, state senate district 16, state house district 41.
Stokes Beard Elementary School is one of 9 schools in Columbus Municipal School District, based in Columbus, Mississippi. The district serves 3,011 students district-wide and employs 251 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 365 students, Stokes Beard Elementary School is close to the district average of about 335 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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