Columbia School District
A public school district in Columbia, Mississippi, with 4 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 1,639
- Students enrolled
- 126
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 262.6
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $12,423
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 1,639 in 2024–25
- Ranks 5,305th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 87th of 152 in Mississippi. Larger than 70% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $12,423 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 20% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Columbia School District spent $12,423 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $6,807 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $12,423 | $20.4 million | 1,646 |
| FY2022 | $11,995 | $18.9 million | 1,573 |
| FY2021 | $10,201 | $16.7 million | 1,635 |
| FY2020 | $10,072 | $16.6 million | 1,651 |
| FY2019 | $9,825 | $16.2 million | 1,644 |
| FY2018 | $9,160 | $15.2 million | 1,664 |
| FY2017 | $9,044 | $15.4 million | 1,701 |
| FY2016 | $8,899 | $15.5 million | 1,741 |
| FY2015 | $8,722 | $15.4 million | 1,760 |
| FY2014 | $8,281 | $15.0 million | 1,814 |
| FY2013 | $8,107 | $14.8 million | 1,826 |
| FY2012 | $7,900 | $14.5 million | 1,841 |
| FY2011 | $7,881 | $14.2 million | 1,801 |
| FY2010 | $8,348 | $15.3 million | 1,835 |
| FY2009 | $8,313 | $15.3 million | 1,839 |
| FY2008 | $8,141 | $15.4 million | 1,897 |
| FY2007 | $7,549 | $14.3 million | 1,895 |
| FY2006 | $7,142 | $13.7 million | 1,919 |
| FY2005 | $6,807 | $12.9 million | 1,900 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $7.6 million | 30.3% |
| State | $11.0 million | 44.0% |
| Local | $6.4 million | 25.8% |
| Total | $25.0 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
4 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Columbia Elementary School | 378 |
| Columbia High School | 484 |
| Columbia Primary School | 448 |
| Jefferson Middle School | 329 |
The district’s entry
- Name as NCES lists it
- COLUMBIA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2801170
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Mississippi — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Mississippi — A to Z, each with its page.
- Mississippi on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved