📍 175 Highway 373, Columbus, Lowndes County, 39705
Columbus Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Columbus, Lowndes County. The school has 667 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Columbus Municipal School Dist school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 50.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 15% of students are proficient in reading. 8% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Columbus Middle School enrolls 667 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 50.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Black or African American, 2.2% Hispanic or Latino and 2.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 627 | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 15 | 2.2% |
| White | 14 | 2.1% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
667 of the school's 667 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 667 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.
Columbus Middle 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 17, state house district 39.
Columbus Middle 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 667 students, Columbus Middle School is larger than 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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