Columbia High School

Columbia High School is one of the compact senior highs in Columbia, Mississippi, part of COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 484 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in Mississippi, which averages around 651 students.

Across the 4 schools in COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,639 students total), Columbia High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Columbia High School reports that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 47% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 32% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.7:1. The state averages around 12.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $45,110 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Marion County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,667 students), of which Columbia High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Columbia Primary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Columbia High School operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 7%: 452 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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