How integrated are Columbus public schools? Race percentages for each one listed here
While the Muscogee County School District administration presented the MCSD board its rationale and process for restructuring attendance zones, District 4 representative Naomi Buckner voiced concern regarding resegregation at the Sept. 12 monthly work session.
She asked whether the result would resegregate schools “even more so than what we have now.”
MCSD chief operations and facilities officer Travis Anderson replied, “We are taking into consideration the impact of demographics to make sure we are not unintentionally creating a situation in which we are segregating our schools.”
He added, “Our city overall is extremely diverse.”
Buckner countered, “Our city is extremely diverse, but many of our neighborhoods are segregated.”
All of which prompted the Ledger-Enquirer to wonder: How integrated are the public schools in Columbus?
According to the latest data from the Governor’s Office of Student Achievement, MCSD’s student enrollment of 29,806 in the 2020-21 school year broken down by race was 57% Black, 22% white, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial and 3% Asian. Percentages might not add to 100 because of rounding to the nearest whole number.
Here’s the school-by-school breakdown:
Elementary schools
Allen 461: 33% white, 28% Hispanic, 27% Black, 8% multiracial and 4% Asian.
Blanchard 469: 54% white, 26% Black, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial and 2% Asian.
Brewer 485: 74% Black, 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial and 2% white.
Britt David 578: 43% white, 24% Black, 22% Asian, 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial.
Clubview 539: 49% white, 32% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Hispanic and 2% Asian.
Davis 277: 94% Black, 3% Hispanic, 2% white and 2% multiracial.
Dawson 276: 90% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic and 1% white.
Dimon 355: 84% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial and 2% white.
Dorothy Height 458: 88% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial and 3% white.
Double Churches 478: 54% white, 28% Black, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian and 1% Native American.
Downtown 251: 82% Black, 7% white, 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial.
Eagle Ridge 590: 39% white, 32% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% Asian and 7% multiracial.
Forrest Road 300: 91% Black, 5% Hispanic, 2% white and 2% multiracial.
Fox 292: 72% Black, 11% white, 10% multiracial and 6% Hispanic.
Gentian 521: 53% Black, 30% white, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial and 1% Asian.
Georgetown 443: 91% Black, 3% white, 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic.
Hannan 454: 68% Black 15% white, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial and 1% Asian.
Johnson 350: 48% Black, 31% white, 12% multiracial, 7% Hispanic and 1% Asian.
Key 304: 74% Black, 15% Hispanic, 5% white, 5% multiracial and 1% Asian.
Lonnie Jackson 324: 84% Black, 8% white, 6% Hispanic and 2% multiracial.
Martin Luther King Jr. 463: 73% Black, 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial and 1% white.
Mathews 688: 47% white, 28% Black, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial and 2% Asian.
Midland 568: 26% white, 40% Black, 17% Hispanic, 10% Asian and 7% multiracial.
North Columbus 629: 39% white, 29% Black, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial and 7% Asian.
Reese Road 480: 52% Black, 19% Hispanic, 16% white, 10% multiracial and 3% Asian.
Rigdon Road 391: 85% Black, 6% white, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic and 1% Asian.
River Road 370: 37% Hispanic, 29% white, 23% Black, 10% multiracial and 1% Asian.
South Columbus 351: 59% Black, 28% Hispanic, 9% multiracial and 4% white.
St. Marys Road 487: 89% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, 3% white and 1% Asian.
Waddell 439: 71% Black, 12% white, 9% multiracial and 7% Hispanic.
Wesley Heights 378: 89% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% white and 2% multiracial.
Wynnton 382: 72% Black, 12% white, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial and 1% Asian.
Middle schools
Aaron Cohn 498: 41% Black, 39% white, 11% Hispanic, 7 % multiracial and 2% Asian.
Arnold 600: 43% Black, 25% Hispanic, 23% white, 8% multiracial and 1% Asian.
Baker 577: 76% Black, 18% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% white and 1% Asian.
Blackmon Road 643: 37% white, 32% Black, 12% Asian, 12% Hispanic and 6% multiracial.
Double Churches 490: 51% Black, 33% white, 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial and 1% Asian.
East Columbus 512: 88% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% white and 1% Asian.
Eddy 499: 83% Black, 9% Hispanic, 4% white, 3% multiracial and 1% Asian.
Fort 659: 81% Black, 7% Hispanic, 6% white, 6% multiracial and 1% Asian.
Midland 475: 61% Black, 22% white, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial and 1% Asian.
Richards 835: 56% Black, 23% white, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial and 6% Asian.
Rothschild 552: 88% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial and 3% white.
Veterans Memorial 653: 44% white, 33% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial and 3% Asian.
High schools
Carver 865: 90% Black, 5% Hispanic, 3% white and 2% multiracial.
Columbus 1,223: 53% white, 20% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial.
Hardaway 1,161: 62% Black, 19% white, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial and 2% Asian.
Jordan 897: 54% Black, 26% white, 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial and 1% Asian.
Kendrick 907: 89% Black, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial and 3% white.
Northside 1,445: 50% white, 26% Black, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial and 4% Asian.
Shaw 1,164: 53% Black, 22% white, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial and 3% Asian.
Spencer 935: 74% Black, 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% white and 1% Asian.
Other
Rainey-McCullers School of the Arts (grades 6-12) 385: 39% white, 38% Black, 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial and 3% Asian.
This story was originally published September 19, 2022 at 7:00 AM.
