Columbia Public Schools

Columbia 93 School District, also known as the Columbia Public School District, is located in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. The district is Accredited with Distinction by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Columbia Public Schools is the fourth largest school district in Missouri. It includes 22 elementary schools, seven middle schools, four high schools and the Columbia Area Career Center, as well as an early childhood education program, and the Boone County Nature School. The district has two separate segregated day programs for students with IEPs in grades K-12 called Bethel Center and Roseta Learning Center. Total enrollment is 18,270 students for the 2025-26 school year. The school district is accredited by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The current Superintendent, Dr. Jeff Klein, started with the district on July 1, 2025.

Prior to 2013, there were three middle schools for grades 6-7 and three junior high schools for grades 8–9. With the opening of Battle High School, 9th grade was able to move to high school and all six schools became middle schools for grades 6–8.

The seventh middle school, John Warner Middle School, opened its doors in the 2020 school year.

The district includes almost all of the Columbia city limits, and it includes all of Huntsdale, McBaine, and Pierpont, along with unincorporated areas.