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Sale Elementary School

Q: Is Sale Elementary School a good school?

Sale Elementary School ranks 287 th of 383 Mississippi elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

287^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 383 Mississippi Elementary Schools

Better than 25% of Mississippi elementary schools

Summary

Sale Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 275 students in grades PK-5 in Columbus, Mississippi. It is part of the Columbus Municipal School District, which is ranked 119 out of 130 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Sale Elementary has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of Mississippi elementary schools, receiving a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.

Sale Elementary faces significant challenges, including high chronic absenteeism rates ranging from 23.9% to 30.1% over the past few years, well above the state average. The school's test scores on the MAAP assessments are also consistently below the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 28.3% of 3rd graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 49.4% statewide. Additionally, 100% of students at Sale Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a very high-poverty student population.

The challenges facing Sale Elementary appear to be systemic across the Columbus Municipal School District, as the other elementary schools in the district (such as Cook, Franklin, Stokes Beard, and Fairview) also have relatively low performance. The lack of nearby high-performing school options in the Lowndes County School District further compounds the challenges faced by the school and its students.

290

Students ?

16.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$12,394

Per pupil spending ?

100%

Free/discounted lunch ?

520 Warpath Road
Columbus, MS 39702

(662) 241-7260

District: Columbus Municipal School District

Students who attend Sale Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Columbus Middle School
High:	Columbus High School

Racial breakdown:

African American:

93.4%

White:

2.4%

Hispanic:

2.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 14th percentile in 2015 → 25th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 11 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Mississippi average (39% vs 54% meeting standards)

!English Language Arts scores 17 pts below the Mississippi average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school39%

District avg35%

Mississippi avg54%

287^th of 383

Mississippi public elementary schools ?

Bottom 25%▲ up 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 25% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 5Elementary Schools in the Columbus Municipal School District

119^th of 130Columbus Municipal School District among Mississippi districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Mississippi percentile	Rating
2025	27.6	287 of 383	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	297 of 390	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	314 of 377	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.1	292 of 382	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.3	271 of 381	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.8	323 of 397	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.6	338 of 404	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.7	343 of 406	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	19.4	340 of 394	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	20.5	345 of 402	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	82.1	47 of 394	88.1%	★★★★☆
2013	70.8	114 of 408	72.1%	★★★★☆
2012	65.7	142 of 414	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	76.2	80 of 418	80.9%	★★★★☆
2010	58.3	165 of 403	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2009	60.0	163 of 392	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2008	83.1	50 of 394	87.3%	★★★★☆

By subject vs Mississippi (2024-2025) ?

Science62%-4 vs state

Mathematics36%-17 vs state

English Language Arts35%-17 vs state

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Schools Near Sale Elementary School

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAAP English Language Arts (2025)				MAAP Mathematics (2025)				MAAP Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	MAAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAAP Mathematics 6th Grade	MAAP Science 5th Grade	Total
Sale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	520 Warpath Road	Columbus	39702	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7260	290	18	16.4	100.0%	7 (2.4%)	271 (93.4%)	6 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.1%)	27.6	287^th of 383 public elementary schools	25.1%		26.9	297^th of 390 public elementary schools	23.8%	10	28.3	34.9	42.5		30.5	39.5	37.5		62.5	$12,394
Fairview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	225 Airline Road	Columbus	39702	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7140	244	16	15.4	99.6%	2 (0.8%)	239 (98.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.2%)	18.9	332^nd of 383 public elementary schools	13.3%		35.2	262^nd of 390 public elementary schools	32.8%	70	19.2	44.7	29.5		21.3	50.0	25.0		40.9	$12,216
Stokes Beard Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	311 Martin Luther King Dr	Columbus	39701	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7270	369	26	14.4	100.0%	6 (1.6%)	353 (95.7%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	17.8	338^th of 383 public elementary schools	11.7%		21.3	320^th of 390 public elementary schools	17.9%	18	16.4	32.5	47.3		19.6	42.5	31.5		39.4	$11,893
Cook Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2217 7th Street N	Columbus	39701	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7180	415	29	14.2	99.8%	18 (4.3%)	358 (86.3%)	25 (6.0%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.9%)	23	313^th of 383 public elementary schools	18.3%		27.6	294^th of 390 public elementary schools	24.6%	19	34.8	33.4	36.5		21.5	44.4	42.3		40.4	$12,452
Franklin Academy	Public	PK, KG-5	501 3rd Avenue N	Columbus	39701	Lowndes County	Columbus Municipal School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 241-7150	231	17	13.9	100.0%	13 (5.6%)	195 (84.4%)	6 (2.6%)	6 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (4.8%)	27.9	286^th of 383 public elementary schools	25.3%		19.7	335^th of 390 public elementary schools	14.1%	49	13.3	31.0	40.5		31.1	51.7	35.1		67.5	$12,114
New Hope Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	199 Enlow Road	Columbus	39702	Lowndes County	Lowndes County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 244-4760	1,191	85	14.0	66.8%	603 (50.6%)	527 (44.2%)	13 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (3.8%)	54.4	175^th of 383 public elementary schools	54.3%		52.7	187^th of 390 public elementary schools	52.1%	12	44.9	60.1	59.2		46.5	61.4	46.8		56.2	$10,482
West Lowndes Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1000 Gilmer Wilburn Road	Columbus	39701	Lowndes County	Lowndes County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 244-5050	276	25	11.1	98.6%	3 (1.1%)	268 (97.1%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	23.1	312^th of 383 public elementary schools	18.5%		43.4	225^th of 390 public elementary schools	42.3%	87	21.6	34.3	38.5	30.3	37.8	25.7	30.8	54.6	42.3	$15,813
Caledonia Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	9509 Wolfe Rd	Caledonia	39740	Lowndes County	Lowndes County School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 356-2050	1,070	76	14.0	51.2%	777 (72.6%)	165 (15.4%)	58 (5.4%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	66 (6.2%)	86.3	39^th of 383 public elementary schools	89.8%		89.5	25^th of 390 public elementary schools	93.6%	14	65.9	72.2	70.5		75.3	74.1	72.2		79.5	$9,899
East Side Elementary School	Public	PK-K	1039 E Broad Street	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-4691	251	16	15.8	92.4%	28 (11.2%)	207 (82.5%)	9 (3.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.4%)								(n/a)										$11,511
Church Hill Elementary School	Public	1-2	2050 W Church Hill Road	West Point	39773	Clay County	West Point Consolidated School District	No	No	No	Yes	(662) 494-5900	379	27	14.1	89.4%	57 (15.0%)	300 (79.2%)	8 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (2.9%)								(n/a)										$11,772

Frequently Asked Questions about Sale Elementary School

What is the racial makeup of Sale Elementary School?

Students at Sale Elementary School are 93% African American, 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

What district is Sale Elementary School in?

Columbus Municipal School District

Is Sale Elementary School a good school?

Sale Elementary School ranks 287^th of 383 Mississippi elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Sale Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 290 students attended Sale Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of Sale Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Sale Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Columbus Middle School
High : Columbus High School

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