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COLUMBIA

Lake City, Florida · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

9,508
Students enrolled
18
Public schools
527
Classroom teachers (FTE)
18.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 395
  • Kindergarten 759
  • Grade 1 760
  • Grade 2 763
  • Grade 3 795
  • Grade 4 746
  • Grade 5 699
  • Grade 6 722
  • Grade 7 628
  • Grade 8 660
  • Grade 9 705
  • Grade 10 686
  • Grade 11 648
  • Grade 12 542

By race/ethnicity

  • White 58%
  • Black or African American 22%
  • Hispanic/Latino 11%
  • Two or more races 8%
  • Asian 1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 5,152 of 9,501 students in the 14 of its 15 schools that report
  • Free lunch 50%
  • Reduced-price lunch 4%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$10,841 spent per student on day-to-day operations Florida median: $12,447 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $5,976
  • Support services $4,139
  • Other (food service, etc.) $726

Where the money comes from

  • Local 27%
  • State 51%
  • Federal 22%

Total revenue $132.1 milliontotal spending $128.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: DistantStudents: 58% town, 42% rural

Total staff (FTE)

1,297

District office

372 W DUVAL ST, Lake City FL 32055

County

Columbia County

Official website

NCES District ID

1200360

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About COLUMBIA

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Mission Statement To create a safe, orderly learning environment conducive to the preparation of highly motivated students; To work to ensure that all students achieve to the maximum potential of their abilities; and To prepare students to be successful in their career/technical training or higher education and in the workplace.
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Public Schools in COLUMBIA (20)

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COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL

Lake City, FL · Grades 09–12 · 1,711 students · High

FORT WHITE HIGH SCHOOL

Fort White, FL · Grades 06–12 · 1,101 students · High

BELMONT ACADEMY

Lake City, FL · Grades PK–12 · 828 students · Other

LAKE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL

Lake City, FL · Grades 07–08 · 809 students · Middle

WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Lake City, FL · Grades PK–05 · 695 students · Elementary

EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Lake City, FL · Grades PK–05 · 655 students · Elementary

FORT WHITE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Fort White, FL · Grades PK–05 · 644 students · Elementary

MELROSE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Lake City, FL · Grades PK–05 · 635 students · Elementary

COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Lake City, FL · Grades PK–05 · 585 students · Elementary

SUMMERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Lake City, FL · Grades PK–05 · 492 students · Elementary

RICHARDSON SIXTH GRADE ACADEMY

Lake City, FL · Grades 06–06 · 455 students · Middle

PINEMOUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Lake City, FL · Grades PK–05 · 448 students · Elementary

FIVE POINTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Lake City, FL · Grades PK–05 · 349 students · Elementary

PATHWAYS ACADEMY

Lake City, FL · Grades 06–12 · 94 students · High

PREK ESE

Lake City, FL · Grades PK–PK · 7 students · Prekindergarten

COLUMBIA VIRTUAL FRANCHISE

Lake City, FL · Grades 06–12 · High

COLUMBIA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM

Lake City, FL · Grades KG–12 · Other

COLUMBIA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM (DISTRICT PROVIDED)

Lake City, FL · Grades 09–12 · High

RESIDENTIAL SERVICES

Lake City, FL

VOCATIONAL/ADULT/COMMUNITY EDUCATION

Lake City, FL