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Below the overview of the district are links to KBIA's coverage of Columbia 93 district schools, updated as more stories are published. Columbia 93 at a glanceThe Columbia 93 school district currently includes 32 different schools. In 2014, the district had a k-12 enrollment of 17,204 students, which is 2% of the total k-12 enrollment for the state. Enrollment has been slightly increasing in recent years, 2% since 2011. While a small percent, that amounts to almost 400 more students. There have also been major re-drawing of attendance areas with the addition of Battle High School. Middle school attendance areas shape high school boundaries 00000178-cc7d-da8b-a77d-ec7d2f9e0000The changes have affected all schools in the district, including causing high school attendance to increase and overcrowding at one middle school at least.

Low achieving Missouri schools could get a boost from the federal government

KBIA | By Ben Wilson

Published June 13, 2013 at 5:43 PM CDT

The U.S. Department of Education announced it’s giving $7.7 million to the state of Missouri to improve low achieving schools through the Department’s School Improvement Grant program.

Michelle Baumstark, Columbia Public Schools spokesperson, said Douglass High School, which just applied for the grant, could use the funds.

“Funding for G.E.D training, further expanding what we have with the Douglass Youth Academy, which helps kids enhance what they’re taking academically, " Baumstark said, "providing some after school tutoring, maybe some online course options to be able to allow students to have the more flexible schedules that they need.”

Grant recipients will be announced in June.