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Columbia Jshs High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

901 Ironville Pk

Columbia PA, 17512, Lancaster County

Phone: 717-684-7500

Ranking:

High School:

(567 out of 626, bottom 9%)
Elementary/Middle School:

(1,972 out of 2,311, bottom 15%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 12

School District: Columbia Borough School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

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:	40		40		47		50		52		55		55
Total Students:	557		536		511		573		608		607		670
Grade 7:	107	19.2%	112	20.9%	87	17.0%	89	15.5%	103	16.9%	111	18.3%	111	16.6%
Grade 8:	103	18.5%	93	17.4%	85	16.6%	98	17.1%	111	18.3%	106	17.5%	104	15.5%
Grade 9:	96	17.2%	87	16.2%	100	19.6%	123	21.5%	101	16.6%	114	18.8%	115	17.2%
Grade 10:	75	13.5%	91	17.0%	111	21.7%	85	14.8%	117	19.2%	104	17.1%	109	16.3%
Grade 11:	82	14.7%	109	20.3%	75	14.7%	96	16.8%	91	15.0%	90	14.8%	116	17.3%
Grade 12:	94	16.9%	44	8.2%	53	10.4%	82	14.3%	85	14.0%	82	13.5%	115	17.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	284	51.0%	283	52.8%	280	54.8%	309	53.9%	305	50.2%	301	49.6%	335	50.0%
Female:	273	49.0%	253	47.2%	231	45.2%	264	46.1%	295	48.5%	298	49.1%	331	49.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	4	0.8%	5	0.9%	6	1.0%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%
Hispanic:	107	19.2%	108	20.1%	81	15.9%	75	13.1%	75	12.3%	70	11.5%	73	10.9%
Black:	57	10.2%	54	10.1%	57	11.2%	77	13.4%	82	13.5%	78	12.9%	65	9.7%
White:	370	66.4%	359	67.0%	363	71.0%	415	72.4%	444	73.0%	455	75.0%	528	78.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	21	3.8%	13	2.4%	5	1.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	332	59.6%	269	50.2%	266	52.1%	277	48.3%	267	43.9%	215	35.4%	193	28.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	33	5.9%	23	4.3%	44	8.6%	24	4.2%	53	8.7%	49	8.1%	73	10.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.07		13.37		10.99		11.55		11.59		11.10		12.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
PSSA
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.6%	17.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	19.6%	19.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	20.8%	19.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.7%	25.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.6%	36.2%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	38.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.7%	42.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.6%	37.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.3%	39.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	45.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	28.3%	28.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	37.7%	37%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	39.1%	37.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.5%	47.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44.4%	44%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	54.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.4%	56.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	48.3%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	46.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	14.2%	14.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.9%	26.6%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	13.5%	13.5%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22.7%	22.7%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.2%	24.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	65%	59.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.5%	69.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.3%	69.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.4%	78.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.3%	71.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.3%	79.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.2%	71.2%	82.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51.9%	51%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	61.6%	60.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	71.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	66.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.2%	62.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.9%	67.1%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.2%	44.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54.8%	53.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	53.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	62.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	63.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	50%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	49.4%	48.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23%	23%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	47.5%	43.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.6%	49.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	57.5%	56.9%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	52.4%	51.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	69.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	59.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	58.3%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	60.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	70.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	39.3%	39.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	52.9%	49.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.9%	57.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66%	66.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.6%	59.1%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	73.4%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	68.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	70.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	60.5%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	59.5%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.9%	48.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.7%	34.7%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.2%	41.2%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.1%	36.1%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.3%	37.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48.1%	47.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	55.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	48.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	43.3%	43.3%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48%	48%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	44.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	54.6%	72.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Columbia Jshs High School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.