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Columbus High High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

124 South High School Ave

Columbus KS, 66725, Cherokee County

Phone: 620-429-3821

Ranking:

(229 out of 308, bottom 26%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 8 to Grade 12

School District: Columbus Unified School District 493

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:	31		31		32		21		22		27		27
Total Students:	314		345		324		328		355		387		393
Grade 8:	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 9:	65	20.7%	98	28.4%	84	25.9%	88	26.8%	78	22.0%	90	23.3%	98	24.9%
Grade 10:	90	28.7%	82	23.8%	85	26.2%	77	23.5%	91	25.6%	108	27.9%	97	24.7%
Grade 11:	82	26.1%	84	24.3%	72	22.2%	77	23.5%	96	27.0%	94	24.3%	102	26.0%
Grade 12:	77	24.5%	80	23.2%	78	24.1%	86	26.2%	90	25.4%	95	24.5%	96	24.4%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	5	1.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	161	51.3%	177	51.3%	175	54.0%	174	53.0%	181	51.0%	186	48.1%	188	47.8%
Female:	153	48.7%	168	48.7%	149	46.0%	154	47.0%	174	49.0%	186	48.1%	197	50.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	21	6.7%	26	7.5%	24	7.4%	27	8.2%	23	6.5%	21	5.4%	25	6.4%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.6%	6	1.7%	8	2.1%	9	2.3%
Hispanic:	6	1.9%	7	2.0%	3	0.9%	3	0.9%	6	1.7%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%
Black:	8	2.5%	10	2.9%	6	1.9%	5	1.5%	6	1.7%	6	1.6%	5	1.3%
White:	269	85.7%	293	84.9%	285	88.0%	286	87.2%	308	86.8%	343	88.6%	348	88.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	10	3.2%	9	2.6%	6	1.9%	5	1.5%	6	1.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	124	39.5%	146	42.3%	112	34.6%	94	28.7%	115	32.4%	120	31.0%	125	31.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	25	8.0%	26	7.5%	32	9.9%	42	12.8%	45	12.7%	42	10.9%	36	9.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.00		11.20		10.20		15.92		16.21		14.30		14.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
KS State Assessment
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	57.89%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	56.98%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	66.67%	N/A	N/A
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	70.21%	N/A	N/A
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	47.37%	N/A	N/A
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	83.54%	N/A	N/A
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	91.3%	N/A	N/A
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	75.31%	N/A	N/A
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	82.14%	N/A	N/A
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	73.2%	N/A	N/A
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	52.78%	N/A	N/A
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	85%	N/A	N/A
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	90.32%	N/A	N/A
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	84.81%	N/A	N/A
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	82.72%	N/A	N/A
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	89.66%	N/A	N/A
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	78.95%	N/A	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	50.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	50.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	15.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	85.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,466.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,847.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,810.0

* Columbus High High School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.