Columbia Public Schools Explained
Columbia 93 School District,[1] also known as the Columbia Public School District, is located in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. The district is Accredited with Distinction by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. 19,052 students are enrolled as of 2020.[2] [3] The district has four high schools, seven middle schools, and twenty-one elementary schools. The district also has a career center, preschool, gifted education school, and special education school. The current Superintendent, Brian Yearwood, started with the district on July 1, 2021.
Prior to 2013, there were three middle schools for grades 6-7 and three junior high schools for grades 8–9. With the opening of Battle High School, 9th grade was able to move to high school and all six schools became middle schools for grades 6–8.
The seventh middle school, John Warner Middle School, opened its doors in the 2020 school year.
The district includes almost all of the Columbia city limits, and it includes all of Huntsdale, McBaine, and Pierpont, along with unincorporated areas.[4]
Schools
Elementary (K–5)
- Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary School
- Benton STEM Elementary School (formerly Benton Elementary School)
- Beulah Ralph Elementary School
- Blue Ridge Elementary School
- Cedar Ridge Elementary School
- Center for Gifted Education - Enrichment and Extension (formerly Eugene Field Elementary School)
- Derby Ridge Elementary School
- Eliot Battle Elementary School
- Fairview Elementary School
- U.S. Grant Elementary School
- Locust Street Expressive Arts Elementary School (formerly Robert E. Lee Elementary School)
- Midway Heights Elementary School
- Mill Creek Elementary School
- New Haven Elementary School
- Mary Paxton Keeley Elementary School
- Parkade Elementary School
- Ridgeway Elementary School
- Rock Bridge Elementary School
- Russell Boulevard Elementary School
- Shepard Boulevard Elementary School
- Two Mile Prairie Elementary School
- West Boulevard Elementary School
Middle schools (6–8)
- Gentry Middle School
- Jefferson Middle School: A STEAM Academy (formerly, Jefferson Middle School, Jefferson Junior High School, and Columbia High School)
- Lange Middle School
- Oakland Middle School (formerly Oakland Junior High School)
- Smithton Middle School
- West Middle School (formerly West Junior High School)
- John Warner Middle School
High schools (9–12)
Segregated Separate Day Schools for Students with IEPs (K–12)
- Bethel Street Center (formerly knowns as CORE, or Quest South)
- Roseta Learning Center (also known as Quest East)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: DC20SD_C29019_SD2MS.txt. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-07-19. - Accessed from here: text list of Columbia County school districts.
- https://www.cpsk12.org/domain/70 Columbia Public Schools Profile
- Web site: Columbia schools welcome 18,070 students | the Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, Missouri . 2011-08-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404022704/http://www.columbiatribune.com/new/2011/aug/19/columbia-schools-welcome-18070-students/ . 2012-04-04 .
- Web site: 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Boone County, MO. U.S. Census Bureau. 2023-07-19.
