Total enrollment
3,011
-281 (-9%) vs SY 2020-21
9 schools in Columbus Municipal School District
Mississippi · 3,011 students · 2 cities
Columbus Municipal School District in Mississippi runs 9 public K-12 schools today, teaching roughly 3,011 students (an average of 335 per school).
4-year change in Columbus Municipal School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
7
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Columbus Municipal School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Mississippi | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #112 of 126 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,011 | #40 of 136 | #3,209 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 7 | #32 of 136 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #48 of 136 | #3,204 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 99.8% | #24 of 135 | #171 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #103 of 105 | #6,232 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Columbus Municipal School District
State test results across the district's 7 scored schools run from Sale Elementary School at 46.0% proficient to Columbus Middle School at 29.3%, a gap of 16.7 points. That is the 62nd widest gap among 92 Mississippi districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus High School | Columbus | High | 09-13 | 865 |
| Columbus Middle School | Columbus | Middle | 06-08 | 597 |
| Cook Elementary School | Columbus | Elementary | PK-05 | 415 |
| Stokes Beard Elementary School | Columbus | Elementary | PK-05 | 369 |
| Sale Elementary School | Columbus | Elementary | PK-05 | 290 |
| Fairview Elementary School | Columbus | Elementary | PK-05 | 244 |
| Franklin Academy | Columbus | Elementary | PK-05 | 231 |
| CMSD ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL | Columbus | Combined | KG-12 | 0 |
| MCKELLAR VOCATIONAL CENTER | Columbus | High | 09-12 | 0 |
About Columbus Municipal School District
As a sparse district in Mississippi, Columbus Municipal School District educates 3,011 students across 9 schools.
On the school-mix side, Columbus Municipal School District consists of 5 elementary, 1 middle, 2 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Per-school enrollment averages around 335 in this district, lower than the Mississippi typical of 498.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment fell 9%: 3,292 students in SY 2020-21 versus 3,011 in SY 2024-25.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Columbus Municipal School District discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.