📍 1000 Gilmer Wilburn Road, Columbus, Lowndes County, 39701
West Lowndes Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Columbus, Lowndes County. The school has 234 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Lowndes Co School Dist school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in a rural setting. The school employs 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
West Lowndes Elementary enrolls 234 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 27.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Black or African American, 3.4% White and <1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 222 | 95% |
| White | 8 | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
234 of the school's 234 students (100%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 234 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.
West Lowndes Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 37.
West Lowndes Elementary is one of 10 schools in Lowndes County School District, based in COLUMBUS, Mississippi. The district serves 5,261 students district-wide and employs 415 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 234 students, West Lowndes Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 526 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant
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