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The most racially diverse public schools in Lowndes County, Mississippi

16 public schools in Lowndes County, Mississippi appear in this ranking of the most racially diverse public schools, ranked by the diversity index, the chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups. MS SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE leads the list at 63.2%, against a median of 26.5% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked
16
Lowndes County, Mississippi
Top Diversity index
63.2%
Median Diversity index
26.5%
MOST DIVERSE · LOWNDES COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
#SchoolCityStudentsDiversity index% White% Black% Hispanic% Asian
1MS SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCECOLUMBUS, MS24063.2%54.6%(131)16.3%(39)5.4%(13)20.0%(48)
2New Hope Middle SchoolColumbus, MS60455.7%50.8%(307)42.7%(258)1.8%(11)0.7%(4)
3New Hope ElementaryCOLUMBUS, MS1,19154.6%50.6%(603)44.3%(527)1.1%(13)0.2%(2)
4New Hope High SchoolCOLUMBUS, MS78754.3%50.1%(394)45.4%(357)1.3%(10)0.4%(3)
5Caledonia High SchoolCALEDONIA, MS64044.6%72.2%(462)16.3%(104)5.8%(37)0.5%(3)
6Caledonia ElementaryCaledonia, MS1,07044.2%72.6%(777)15.4%(165)5.4%(58)0.3%(3)
7Caledonia Middle SchoolCALEDONIA, MS48740.6%75.0%(365)17.3%(84)4.3%(21)0.2%(1)
8Franklin AcademyColumbus, MS23128.1%5.6%(13)84.4%(195)2.6%(6)2.6%(6)
9Cook Elementary SchoolColumbus, MS41525.0%4.3%(18)86.3%(358)6.0%(25)1.4%(6)
10Columbus Middle SchoolColumbus, MS59713.1%2.2%(13)93.1%(556)2.4%(14)0.3%(2)
11Sale Elementary SchoolColumbus, MS29012.5%2.4%(7)93.5%(271)2.1%(6)0.0%(0)
12Columbus High SchoolColumbus, MS86511.5%2.1%(18)94.0%(813)2.7%(23)0.8%(7)
13West Lowndes High SchoolCOLUMBUS, MS2069.4%2.9%(6)95.2%(196)1.0%(2)0.0%(0)
14Stokes Beard Elementary SchoolColumbus, MS3698.4%1.6%(6)95.7%(353)0.8%(3)0.3%(1)
15West Lowndes ElementaryCOLUMBUS, MS2765.7%1.1%(3)97.1%(268)1.4%(4)0.0%(0)
16Fairview Elementary SchoolColumbus, MS2444.0%0.8%(2)98.0%(239)0.0%(0)0.0%(0)
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