📍 469 Se Fighting Tiger Dr, Lake City, Columbia County, 32025
Columbia High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lake City, Columbia County. The school has 1,737 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Thomas Hosford. It is part of the Columbia school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1. 45% of students are proficient in reading. 28% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 97%. The school offers 6 AP courses, dual enrollment, a gifted and talented program.
Columbia High School enrolls 1,737 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 81 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 28% Black or African American and 7.5% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 1,002 | 58% |
| Black or African American | 482 | 28% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 131 | 7.5% |
| Two or more races | 89 | 5.1% |
| Asian | 30 | 1.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
865 of the school's 1,737 students (50%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 820 qualify for free lunch and 45 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Columbia High School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-30, state senate district 5, state house district 10.
Columbia High School is one of 19 schools in COLUMBIA, based in LAKE CITY, Florida. The district serves 9,508 students district-wide and employs 548 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,737 students, Columbia High School is larger than the district average of about 500 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant
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