📍 521 S 16th St, West Columbia, Brazoria County, 77486
Columbia H S is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in West Columbia, Brazoria County. The school has 889 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jeffrey Kinney. It is part of the Columbia-Brazoria Isd school district. It serves grades 8–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1. 28% of students are proficient in reading. 13% are proficient in maths. The school offers a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Columbia H S enrolls 889 students across grades 8–12. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% White, 29% Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 510 | 57% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 262 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 88 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 2.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
536 of the school's 889 students (60%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 488 qualify for free lunch and 48 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Columbia H S is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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 TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 17, state house district 25.
Columbia H S is one of 6 schools in COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD, based in WEST COLUMBIA, Texas. The district serves 2,871 students district-wide and employs 198 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 889 students, Columbia H S is larger than the district average of about 479 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe