📍 920 Main Street, Columbia, Tyrrell County, 27925
Columbia Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Columbia, Tyrrell County. The school has 111 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tyrrell County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 7.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1. 27% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Columbia Middle enrolls 111 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 7.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 32% White, 32% Black or African American and 28% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 35 | 32% |
| Black or African American | 35 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 7.2% |
| Asian | 2 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
108 of the school's 111 students (97%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 108 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Columbia Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, 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 NC-10, state senate district 1, state house district 1.
Columbia Middle is one of 3 schools in Tyrrell County Schools, based in Columbia, North Carolina. The district serves 462 students district-wide and employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 111 students, Columbia Middle is smaller than the district average of about 154 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Remote