📍 633 Bear Creek PIKE, Columbia, Maury County, 38401
E. A. Cox Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Columbia, Maury County. The school has 656 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Maury County school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 7% of students are proficient in reading. 6% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
E. A. Cox Middle School enrolls 656 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 42.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 36% White, 32% Black or African American and 27% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 235 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 210 | 32% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 174 | 27% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
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.
E. A. Cox Middle School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TN-50, state senate district 28, state house district 64.
E. A. Cox Middle School is one of 23 schools in Maury County, based in Columbia, Tennessee. The district serves 13,098 students district-wide and employs 852 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 656 students, E. A. Cox Middle School is larger than the district average of about 569 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe
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