District profile / Mississippi

Columbia School District

Columbia, Mississippi · Public school district · #87 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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1,639

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,201

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

13.0

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Columbia School District is a public school district based in Columbia, Mississippi, serving 1,639 students in 4 schools. By enrollment it ranks #87 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 20% of them. Its schools average 410 students each, about the same as the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,201 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 13.0 students per teacher.

How Columbia compares

ColumbiaMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,201

Mississippi median $10,034 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$6,022

Mississippi median $5,828 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school410

Mississippi median 399 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per teacher13.0

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor328

Mississippi median 382 · 14% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$19.8 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 23%State 47%Local 30%

Measure	Columbia	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,201	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$6,022	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$21.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$19.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	126	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	262	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	13.0	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	328	382	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Mississippi median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Mississippi

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Bay Waveland School DistrictBay St Louis	1,664	4	$13,294	12.7	#85
Newton County School DistrictDecatur	1,650	4	$10,737	13.4	#86
Columbia School DistrictColumbia · this district	1,639	4	$10,201	13.0	#87
Forest Municipal School DistrictForest	1,638	3	$9,248	15.5	#88
Greene County SchoolsLeakesville	1,621	6	$10,376	13.6	#89

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Milaca Public School DistrictMilaca, MN	1,639	$12,225	15.8
Norwich City School DistrictNorwich, NY	1,639	$19,039	10.8
Jim Ned CISDTuscola, TX	1,639	$11,120	13.2
Converse County School District #1Douglas, WY	1,639	$20,421	10.6

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

Printed from Superintendent's Corner: https://superintendentscorner.com/district-ms-columbia-school-district