Columbia High School (Mississippi)

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Columbia High School
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Columbia High School (Mississippi)
1009 Broad St

, ,
39429

United States
Coordinates 31°15′05″N89°49′11″W / 31.2513°N 89.8197°W / 31.2513; -89.8197
Information
School typeSecondary school
Established1937
School district Columbia School District
SuperintendentJason Harris [1]
PrincipalL.V. McNeal [2]
Teaching staff31.32 (on an FTE basis) [3]
Grades 9th to 12th [3]
Enrollment471 [3]  (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio15.04 [3]
Color(s)Blue and gold   
MascotWildcat
Website chs.columbiaschools.org
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Columbia High School

Columbia High School is a 4A High School located in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. The principal is L.V. McNeal. [2] It is in Columbia School District. It is a Mississippi Landmark.

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The architecture of the building is an example of European-inspired modernism, and was featured in the French architectural journal l'architecture d'aujourd'hui. [4] It was built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project. [5]

In the 2021-2022 school year, the student body was 49.89 percent White and 45.37 percent African American. [3]

Notable alumni

Extracurricular activities

Marching Band

The CHS Marching Band has won 10 MHSAA state championship titles in 2004, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2022, 2023, & 2024 [8] [9]

Athletics

Football

The CHS Football Team has won 2 MHSAA state championship titles in 1982 and 2021. [10]

Baseball

The CHS Baseball team has won 1 MHSAA championship in 2011. [10]

References

  1. "Superintendent's Office". Columbia School District.
  2. 1 2 "McNeal Aims to Make CHS an 'A' School". Columbian Progress Newspaper. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Columbia High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2024.
  4. "Michael Fazio: Columbia Mississippi High School". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
  5. Hines, Thomas S., William Faulkner and the Tangible Past: The Architecture of Yoknapatawpha, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996, ch. 8, p. 106 accessed Oct. 20, 2012
  6. "Southern Tire Mart founder Ernest Duff dies". Tire Business. June 1, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
  7. "Jaheim Oatis - Football". University of Alabama Athletics.
  8. "2022 MHSAA Marching Band Championship Results". Mississippi High School Activities Assosiation. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  9. Campbell, Joshua (November 1, 2023). "Marching Wildcats Go Back-To-Back: Columbia Band Wins 9th State Title". The Columbian Progress. Retrieved November 4, 2023.
  10. 1 2 "Athletics". Columbia School District.