Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 446
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBUS MUNICIPAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 280120000164
Sale Elementary School
520 Warpath Road, Columbus, MS 39702 · (662) 241-7260 · Lowndes County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of Mississippi public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Mississippi public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 15.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
290 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 80%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Sale Elementary School→Columbus Middle School
Based on grade levels within Columbus Municipal School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
34.4%
MS avg 45.9% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
35.2%
MS avg 52.8% . +2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the MAAP, Mississippi's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Mississippi schools, those numbers are about 46 and 53. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
MAAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.4% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 38.2% | 32.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.1%
based on MS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Mississippi schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Mississippi's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Sale Elementary School
Sale Elementary School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sale Elementary School this school | 290 | 100.0% | 46.0% |
| Tunica Elementary School TUNICA | 308 | 99.7% | 44.7% |
| Galloway Elementary School Jackson | 296 | 100.0% | 32.6% |
| Ruleville Central Elementary RULEVILLE | 271 | 100.0% | 41.5% |
| Wilkinson County Elementary WOODVILLE | 306 | 100.0% | 25.5% |
| Timberlawn Elementary School Jackson | 295 | 100.0% | 35.8% |
Matched among Mississippi elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Sale Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Mississippi | In Lowndes County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #295 of 428 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #331 of 439 ▲ 23 | #5 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #343 of 439 ▼ 7 | #3 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #333 of 453 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #315 of 408 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #363 of 409 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #31 of 444 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.1% | #172 of 296 | #5 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
290
+22 (+8%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 290 | 17.6 | 16.5:1 | 100% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 275 | 19.1 | 14.4:1 | 100% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 275 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 100% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 268 | 18 | 14.9:1 | 100% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 330 | 19.8 | 16.7:1 | 100% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 23 | 17.5:1 | 100% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 270 | 16 | 16.9:1 | 86% (233) |
| 2000-01 | 227 | 15 | 15.1:1 | 74% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 268 | 14 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sale Elementary School.
About Sale Elementary School
Sale Elementary School is a small elementary school in Mississippi, located in Columbus. Enrollment is 290 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 446-student average for elementary schools in Mississippi, enrollment here is 35% lower.
Columbus Municipal School District is the local district for Sale Elementary School. It runs 7 schools with 3,011 students.
About 93% of the student body at Sale Elementary School is Black. The rest of enrollment is 2% White, 2% Hispanic, and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Lowndes County's population at about 44%. The school's diversity index is 13%, meaning two students picked at random have a 13% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Sale Elementary School total 17.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.5:1. That is close to the 15.9:1 average for elementary schools in Mississippi. The school counts 290 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 100%. The average for public schools in Lowndes County is 75%.
Sale Elementary School is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 38% of Mississippi public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Sale Elementary School is 1.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Mississippi schools.
Lowndes County census figures show that the median household income is $53,812, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Lowndes County is home to 20 public schools and about 8,512 public school students.
Nearest public school: Columbus High School, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.3% on proficiency, and Sale Elementary School is above that at 46.0%.
Sale Elementary School falls in the Town: Remote locale category, used for schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has grown by 22 students since 2020-21, to 290. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.9:1 to 16.5:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Sale Elementary School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lowndes County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,838
Census ACS
Median income
$53,812
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
8,512 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Columbus Municipal School District
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 865 students
- Columbus Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Cook Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
- Stokes Beard Elementary SchoolElementary · 369 students
- Fairview Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Franklin AcademyElementary · 231 students
Other schools in Columbus
- New Hope ElementaryElementary · 1,191 students
- Columbus High SchoolHigh · 865 students
- New Hope High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- New Hope Middle SchoolMiddle · 604 students
- Columbus Middle SchoolMiddle · 597 students
- Cook Elementary SchoolElementary · 415 students
Nearby schools
- Columbus High School0.7 mi · 865
- Fairview Elementary School1.2 mi · 244
- Stokes Beard Elementary School1.9 mi · 369
- MS SCHOOL FOR MATH AND SCIENCE2.9 mi · 240
- Cook Elementary School3.1 mi · 415
- Franklin Academy3.3 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Sale Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sale Elementary School?
Sale Elementary School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sale Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sale Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sale Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sale Elementary School is approximately 16.5:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sale Elementary School?
At Sale Elementary School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 93% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Sale Elementary School?
Sale Elementary School is overseen by Columbus Municipal School District in Lowndes County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.