Columbia School District (Mississippi)
{{Short description|School district in Mississippi, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
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{{Infobox school district
| name = {{PAGENAMEBASE}}
| address = 613 Wildcat Way
| city = Columbia
| state = Mississippi
| zipcode = 39429
| country = United States
| type = Public
| us_nces_district_id = {{NCES District ID|2801170|district_name=COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT|access_date=2022-03-05}}
| website = {{URL2|http://www.columbiaschools.org}}
}}
File:Columbia School District Office Annex.jpg
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The Columbia School District is a public school district based in Columbia, Mississippi (USA). Superintendent is Mr. Jason Harris. He has served since 2017, he is formerly the principal of Tupelo High School. Dr. Otha Belcher serves as the Director of Operations in the capacity of an assistant superintendent. He is known for his controversial years as the superintendent of the Cleveland School District 2019-2022, which he was dismissed from in the Fall of 2022.
Schools
- Columbia High School (Grades 9–12)
- Jefferson Middle School (Grades 6–8)
- Columbia Elementary School (Grades 4–5)
- Columbia Primary School 2–3 (Grades 2–3)
- Columbia Primary School PK–1 (Grades PK–1)
Demographics
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=2006–07 school year=
There were a total of 1,895 students enrolled in the Columbia School District during the 2006–2007 school year. The gender makeup of the district was 51% female and 49% male. The racial makeup of the district was 49.23% African American, 49.18% White, 1.11% Asian, 0.42% Hispanic, and 0.05% Native American.{{cite web|url=http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp |title=Mississippi Assessment and Accountability Reporting System |publisher=Office of Research and Statistics, Mississippi Department of Education |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323012858/http://orsap.mde.k12.ms.us:8080/MAARS/indexProcessor.jsp |archivedate=2007-03-23 }} 67.1% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.{{cite web | url = http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/2008Report/DEMO0607.xls | title = 2006-07 State, District, and School Enrollment by Race/Gender with Poverty Data | format = XLS | publisher = Mississippi Department of Education | date = 2008-01-16 | accessdate = 2008-05-17}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}
=Previous school years=
| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! rowspan="2" | School Year ! rowspan="2" | Enrollment ! colspan="2" | Gender Makeup ! colspan="5" | Racial Makeup |
| Female
! Male ! Asian ! African ! Hispanic ! Native ! White |
|---|
| align="left" | 2005–06
| align="center" | 1,919 | align="center" | 51% | align="center" | 49% | align="center" | 0.88% | align="center" | 50.18% | align="center" | 0.36% | align="center" | – | align="center" | 48.57% |
| align="left" | 2004–05
| align="center" | 1,900 | align="center" | 50% | align="center" | 50% | align="center" | 0.84% | align="center" | 48.42% | align="center" | 0.37% | align="center" | 0.11% | align="center" | 50.26% |
| align="left" | 2003–04
| align="center" | 1,873 | align="center" | 50% | align="center" | 50% | align="center" | 0.69% | align="center" | 47.30% | align="center" | 0.37% | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 51.58% |
| align="left" | 2002–03{{cite web|url=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/RC3B/RC3B.htm |title=Mississippi Report Card for 2002-2003 |publisher=Office of Educational Accountability, Mississippi Department of Education |date=2004-09-02 |accessdate=2007-08-31 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070812173502/http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/Account/RC3B/RC3B.htm |archivedate=2007-08-12 |url-status=dead }}
| align="center" | 1,863 | align="center" | 48% | align="center" | 52% | align="center" | 0.64% | align="center" | 45.14% | align="center" | 0.48% | align="center" | 0.05% | align="center" | 53.68% |
Accountability statistics
See also
References
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External links
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- {{official website|https://www.columbiaschools.org/}}
Category:Education in Marion County, Mississippi
Category:School districts in Mississippi
Category:Columbia, Mississippi
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