District profile / Mississippi

Columbus Municipal School District

Columbus, Mississippi · Public school district · #39 of 109 Mississippi districts by enrollment

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3,011

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$10,397

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Mississippi median

12.9

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Mississippi median 13.3

Columbus Municipal School District is a public school district based in Columbus, Mississippi, serving 3,011 students in 9 schools. By enrollment it ranks #39 of the 109 Mississippi districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 65% of them. Its schools average 335 students each, fewer than the Mississippi median of 399. It spends about $10,397 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 12.9 students per teacher.

How Columbus Municipal compares

Columbus MunicipalMississippi median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$10,397

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

Instruction spending per student$5,546

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

Students per school335

Mississippi median 399 · 16% below · 2024-25

Students per teacher12.9

Mississippi median 13.3 · about the same · 2024-25

Students per counselor301

Mississippi median 382 · 21% below · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$42.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 27%State 42%Local 31%

Measure	Columbus Municipal	Mississippi median	Year
Current spending per student	$10,397	$10,034	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$5,546	$5,828	FY2020-21
Total spending	$40.7 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$42.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	233	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	547	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	12.9	13.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	301	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
Pearl River County School DistrictCarriere	3,128	4	$8,552	15.6	#38
Columbus Municipal School DistrictColumbus · this district	3,011	9	$10,397	12.9	#39
Union County School DistrictNew Albany	2,986	4	$8,753	15.0	#40
Wayne County School DistrictWaynesboro	2,977	8	$10,524	14.4	#41
Neshoba County SchoolsPhiladelphia	2,972	3	$9,028	14.7	#42

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Bessemer CityBessemer, AL	3,012	$11,845	19.4
Cedar Springs Public SchoolsCedar Springs, MI	3,011	$11,209	17.2
Oak Park School District of the City ofOak Park, MI	3,011	$13,809	17.6
Hillside Public School DistrictHillside, NJ	3,010	$19,963	12.6

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-columbus-municipal-school-district