The Columbia School District is a public school district

School district

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 based in Columbia

Columbia, Mississippi

Columbia is a city in Marion County, Mississippi, United States, which was formed six years before Mississippi was admitted to statehood. Columbia was named for Columbia, South Carolina, from which many of the early settlers had migrated. The population was 6,603 as of the 2000 census. It is the...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

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 (USA

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).

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)

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. 67.1% of the district's students were eligible to receive free lunch.

Previous school years

School Year	Enrollment	Gender Makeup		Racial Makeup
		Female	Male	Asian	African American	Hispanic	Native American	White
2005-06	1,919	51%	49%	0.88%	50.18%	0.36%	–	48.57%
2004-05	1,900	50%	50%	0.84%	48.42%	0.37%	0.11%	50.26%
2003-04	1,873	50%	50%	0.69%	47.30%	0.37%	0.05%	51.58%
2002-03	1,863	48%	52%	0.64%	45.14%	0.48%	0.05%	53.68%

Accountability statistics

	2006-07	2005-06	2004-05	2003-04	2002-03
District Accreditation Status	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited	Accredited
School Performance Classifications
Level 5 (Superior Performing) Schools	0	1	1	1	1
Level 4 (Exemplary) Schools	4	3	2	3	0
Level 3 (Successful) Schools	0	0	1	0	3
Level 2 (Under Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Level 1 (Low Performing) Schools	0	0	0	0	0
Not Assigned	0	0	0	0	0