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Columbus Charter School

35 Bacon's Way

Tel: (910)641-4042

Columbus Charter School serves 890 students in grades KG-8.
The student:teacher ratio of 22:1 is higher than the NC average of 16:1.
Minority enrollment is 24% of the student body (majority Black), which is less than the state average of 50%.
Columbus Charter School operates within the Columbus Charter School District.

The student:teacher ratio of 22:1 has increased from 21:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.40 is less than the state average of 0.45. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(NC) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	22:1	16:1

American Indian	3%	1%

Asian	n/a	3%

Hispanic	2%	16%

Black	16%	26%

White	76%	50%

Two or more races	3%	4%

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.40	0.45

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	25%	52%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	16%	5%

Columbus Charter School District's student population of 890 students has grown by 47% over five years.
The revenue/student of $6,912 in this district is less than the state average of $11,110. The district revenue/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.
The district's spending/student of $6,341 is less than the state average of $11,529. The district spending/student has declined by 14% over four years.

School District Name	Columbus Charter School District
Number of Schools Managed	1	1
Number of Students Managed	890	912

District Total Revenue	$6 MM	$10 MM

District Spending	$5 MM	$11 MM

District Revenue / Student	$6,912	$11,110

District Spending / Student	$6,341	$11,529

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