Columbia High School
300 Explorer Blvd Huntsville AL, 35806, Madison County Phone: 256-428-7576 Ranking:  (245 out of 359, bottom 32%)*Type: Regular High School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12 School District: Huntsville City School District Title I Eligible School: No Magnet: NA Charter: NA Shared-Time School: NA |
Students and Teachers
| 2013-2014 | 2012-2013 | 2011-2012 | 2010-2011 | 2009-2010 | 2008-2009 | 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Total Teachers: | 43 | 49 | 47 | 43 | 47 | 41 | 40 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 684 | 674 | 695 | 718 | 686 | 603 | 536 | |||||||
| Grade 9: | 190 | 27.8% | 206 | 30.6% | 191 | 27.5% | 190 | 26.5% | 220 | 32.1% | 175 | 29.0% | 180 | 33.6% |
| Grade 10: | 209 | 30.6% | 186 | 27.6% | 168 | 24.2% | 209 | 29.1% | 180 | 26.2% | 157 | 26.0% | 149 | 27.8% |
| Grade 11: | 150 | 21.9% | 132 | 19.6% | 170 | 24.5% | 170 | 23.7% | 151 | 22.0% | 135 | 22.4% | 113 | 21.1% |
| Grade 12: | 135 | 19.7% | 150 | 22.3% | 166 | 23.9% | 149 | 20.8% | 135 | 19.7% | 136 | 22.6% | 94 | 17.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 349 | 51.0% | 345 | 51.2% | 376 | 54.1% | 371 | 51.7% | 359 | 52.3% | 312 | 51.7% | 266 | 49.6% |
| Female: | 335 | 49.0% | 329 | 48.8% | 319 | 45.9% | 347 | 48.3% | 317 | 46.2% | 283 | 46.9% | 266 | 49.6% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 9 | 1.3% | 7 | 1.0% | 7 | 1.0% | 8 | 1.1% | 5 | 0.7% | 6 | 1.0% | 7 | 1.3% |
| Asian: | 16 | 2.3% | 12 | 1.8% | 18 | 2.6% | 22 | 3.1% | 21 | 3.1% | 20 | 3.3% | 19 | 3.5% |
| Hispanic: | 41 | 6.0% | 34 | 5.0% | 39 | 5.6% | 49 | 6.8% | 39 | 5.7% | 30 | 5.0% | 35 | 6.5% |
| Black: | 460 | 67.3% | 458 | 68.0% | 455 | 65.5% | 443 | 61.7% | 415 | 60.5% | 349 | 57.9% | 297 | 55.4% |
| White: | 134 | 19.6% | 147 | 21.8% | 168 | 24.2% | 192 | 26.7% | 204 | 29.7% | 198 | 32.8% | 178 | 33.2% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 22 | 3.2% | 15 | 2.2% | 7 | 1.0% | 4 | 0.6% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 298 | 43.6% | 288 | 42.7% | 247 | 35.5% | 257 | 35.8% | 202 | 29.4% | 143 | 23.7% | NA | NA |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 44 | 6.4% | 45 | 6.7% | 51 | 7.3% | 51 | 7.1% | 62 | 9.0% | 45 | 7.5% | NA | NA |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 15.98 | 13.67 | 14.82 | 16.56 | 14.53 | 14.60 | 13.30 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ADAW | ||||||
| 2006 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 52.7% | 56.4% | 49% |
| 2008 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 41.86% | 56.95% | 46.76% |
| 2009 | Grammar and Usage | 10th Grade | % met std | 44.2% | 51.88% | 42.56% |
| 2006 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 81% | 72.8% | 69% |
| 2008 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 74.42% | 71.02% | 64.91% |
| 2009 | Holistic Composition | 10th Grade | % met std | 86.23% | 82.63% | 76.43% |
| 2006 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 67.5% | 71% | 63.6% |
| 2008 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 61.24% | 69.05% | 61.3% |
| 2009 | Sentence Formation | 10th Grade | % met std | 64.49% | 66.8% | 61.43% |
| 2006 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 62.1% | 67.3% | 59.2% |
| 2008 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 72.87% | 72.67% | 59.53% |
| 2009 | Writing Mechanics | 10th Grade | % met std | 57.25% | 66.42% | 57.81% |
| AHSGE | ||||||
| 2008 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.1% | 80.72% | 72.59% |
| 2009 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 88.97% | 90.36% | 87.59% |
| 2010 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 94.4% | 93.34% |
| 2011 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 93.94% | 94.09% | 94.47% |
| 2012 | Biology | 11th Grade | % met std | 95% | 96.06% | 95.24% |
| 2006 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 87.5% | 82.2% |
| 2007 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.76% | 83.25% | 80.01% |
| 2008 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 75% | 81.65% | 76.95% |
| 2009 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 81.54% | 84.38% | 81.82% |
| 2010 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.58% | 81.99% | 78.46% |
| 2011 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 71.52% | 77.8% | 77.64% |
| 2012 | Language | 11th Grade | % met std | 69.57% | 79.28% | 75.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.1% | 87.8% | 83.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.76% | 84.16% | 83.74% |
| 2008 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.33% | 85.57% | 84.02% |
| 2009 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 83.85% | 86.95% | 85.56% |
| 2010 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 79.72% | 84.93% | 84.32% |
| 2011 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 75.15% | 82.63% | 85.39% |
| 2012 | Math | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.13% | 83.56% | 85.03% |
| 2006 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 87.7% | 89.9% | 85.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.64% | 84.99% | 82.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 86.11% | 86.48% | 81.17% |
| 2009 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 80.77% | 84.17% | 81.63% |
| 2010 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 82.52% | 85.75% | 81.82% |
| 2011 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.58% | 83.77% | 83.29% |
| 2012 | Reading | 11th Grade | % met std | 77.98% | 84.63% | 82.92% |
| 2006 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 78.9% | 88.4% | 84.8% |
| 2007 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 74.76% | 83.74% | 82.09% |
| 2008 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 76.85% | 84.97% | 81.22% |
| 2009 | Science | 11th Grade | % met std | 68.42% | 81.36% | 75.76% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.6% | 82% | 77.1% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 70.87% | 77.97% | 73.9% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 66.67% | 77.51% | 72.58% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 67.44% | 79.69% | 78.86% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 64.34% | 77.12% | 73.05% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 65.45% | 71.89% | 71.38% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 11th Grade | % met std | 62.73% | 75.23% | 71.26% |
| 2010 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.24% | 95.08% | 94.02% |
| 2011 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.24% | 97.93% | 98.1% |
| 2012 | Biology | 12th Grade | % met std | 98.14% | 98.48% | 98.49% |
| 2006 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 96.6% | 94.7% |
| 2007 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.57% | 93.56% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.62% | 96.27% | 94.49% |
| 2009 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.8% | 94.02% | 92.8% |
| 2010 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.63% | 91.5% | 91.1% |
| 2011 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.03% | 93.32% | 91.4% |
| 2012 | Language | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.34% | 89.47% | 90.39% |
| 2006 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 91.6% | 95.8% | 95.6% |
| 2007 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.14% | 92.46% | 90.48% |
| 2008 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.62% | 97% | 95.45% |
| 2009 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 95.71% | 95.36% |
| 2010 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.31% | 95.05% | 94.73% |
| 2011 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.55% | 94.79% | 94.82% |
| 2012 | Math | 12th Grade | % met std | 90.68% | 92.56% | 94.83% |
| 2006 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 100% | 96.1% | 95.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 90% | 93.34% | 90.19% |
| 2008 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.62% | 96.35% | 95.01% |
| 2009 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 93.6% | 95.43% | 94.2% |
| 2010 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 96.87% | 95.19% | 93.57% |
| 2011 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.17% | 95.26% | 93.78% |
| 2012 | Reading | 12th Grade | % met std | 87.57% | 92.16% | 93.62% |
| 2006 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 96.2% | 95.9% |
| 2007 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.57% | 93.12% | 90.62% |
| 2008 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 97.61% | 96.85% | 95.24% |
| 2009 | Science | 12th Grade | % met std | 86.4% | 94.71% | 93.62% |
| 2006 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 95.8% | 94.4% | 93.7% |
| 2007 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 85.71% | 92.53% | 88.74% |
| 2008 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 94.05% | 93.82% | 92.95% |
| 2009 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 80% | 90.56% | 91.58% |
| 2010 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 88.28% | 89.48% | 90.45% |
| 2011 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 84.83% | 87.83% | 87.99% |
| 2012 | Social Studies | 12th Grade | % met std | 81.99% | 87.21% | 89.74% |
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* Columbia High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.