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Columbus High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1700 Cherokee Ave
Columbus, GA 31906
Phone
(706) 748-2534
District
Muscogee County
County
MUSCOGEE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1131
Classroom Teachers
61

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Georgia

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.8% of all GA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Columbus High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
73%
33%
85%
39%
60%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
15
15
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 262 23.2%
Grade 10 319 28.2%
Grade 11 276 24.4%
Grade 12 274 24.2%
Total 1131 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 49.0% 21.3% 37.7%
Black 23.3% 62.0% 38.1%
Hispanic 11.4% 13.3% 18.9%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 16.0% 3.1% 4.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 0.4% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 18.3% 79.6% 59.6%
Free lunch eligible 12.6% 77.2% 53.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 5.7% 2.3% 5.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 195,850 10,912,876
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,375.1 187
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.6% 5.9%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.1% 20.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.9% 33.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.7% 25.4%
65 OR OLDER 14.7% 14.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 77,812 3,946,490
Single Parent Households With Children 14.2% 9.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.3% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.1% 33.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.4% 18.1%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.3% 16.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.9% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.5% 16.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 15.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.8% 11.4%
$15,000 or less 13.7% 9.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,142 $212,956,000 56.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $789 $23,532,000 6.3%
Staff $638 $19,013,000 5.1%
General Administration $123 $3,682,000 1.0%
School Administration $717 $21,374,000 5.7%
Operation $949 $28,302,000 7.5%
Transportation $459 $13,686,000 3.6%
Other $546 $16,283,000 4.3%
Total Support $4,221 $125,872,000 33.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,225 $36,531,000 9.7%
Total Expenditures $12,588 $375,359,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,329 $12,833,075,000 54.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $706 $1,235,717,000 5.3%
Staff $605 $1,058,876,000 4.5%
General Administration $183 $320,510,000 1.4%
School Administration $769 $1,346,775,000 5.7%
Operation $899 $1,574,443,000 6.7%
Transportation $500 $876,278,000 3.7%
Other $419 $734,414,000 3.1%
Total Support $4,082 $7,147,013,000 30.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,995 $3,493,141,000 14.9%
Total Expenditures $13,406 $23,473,229,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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