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Lowndes County School District

Columbus, Mississippi · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

5,261
Students enrolled
10
Public schools
406
Classroom teachers (FTE)
13.0:1
Students per teacher

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

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 188
  • Kindergarten 391
  • Grade 1 408
  • Grade 2 370
  • Grade 3 413
  • Grade 4 368
  • Grade 5 366
  • Grade 6 368
  • Grade 7 418
  • Grade 8 383
  • Grade 9 431
  • Grade 10 419
  • Grade 11 368
  • Grade 12 361
  • Ungraded 9

By race/ethnicity

  • White 55%
  • Black or African American 37%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Hispanic/Latino 3%
  • 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

61% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 3,214 of 5,261 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 49%
  • Reduced-price lunch 12%

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

$11,573 spent per student on day-to-day operations Mississippi median: $12,689 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $6,976
  • Support services $4,064
  • Other (food service, etc.) $532

Where the money comes from

  • Local 46%
  • State 41%
  • Federal 13%

Total revenue $84.0 milliontotal spending $76.9 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)

Rural: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

789

District office

1053 HWY 45 SOUTH, Columbus MS 39701

County

Lowndes County

Official website

NCES District ID

2802730

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About Lowndes County School District

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

Lowndes County Schools are committed to the students, families, and communities served. Join us as we build a strong foundation and nurture successful learners. Provide a superior educational system that challenges all students to attain their greatest intellectual, social, and personal potential.
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