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Columbus Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

702 North Rampart St

Columbus TX, 78934, Colorado County

Phone: 979-732-2891

Ranking:

(4,866 out of 6,018, bottom 19%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Columbus Independent 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:	28		27		27		28		25		26		26
Total Students:	358		349		342		347		332		338		319
Grade 6:	113	31.6%	102	29.2%	125	36.5%	109	31.4%	104	31.3%	121	35.8%	97	30.4%
Grade 7:	112	31.3%	131	37.5%	108	31.6%	109	31.4%	123	37.0%	100	29.6%	107	33.5%
Grade 8:	133	37.2%	116	33.2%	109	31.9%	129	37.2%	105	31.6%	117	34.6%	115	36.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	186	52.0%	190	54.4%	178	52.0%	175	50.4%	160	48.2%	159	47.0%	160	50.2%
Female:	172	48.0%	159	45.6%	164	48.0%	172	49.6%	164	49.4%	171	50.6%	155	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.8%	2	0.6%	3	0.9%	3	0.9%	3	0.9%	4	1.2%	6	1.9%
Hispanic:	123	34.4%	114	32.7%	111	32.5%	120	34.6%	90	27.1%	78	23.1%	66	20.7%
Black:	47	13.1%	55	15.8%	59	17.3%	59	17.0%	53	16.0%	54	16.0%	48	15.0%
White:	177	49.4%	172	49.3%	164	48.0%	163	47.0%	186	56.0%	202	59.8%	199	62.4%
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:	6	1.7%	5	1.4%	5	1.5%	2	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	171	47.8%	166	47.6%	176	51.5%	174	50.1%	140	42.2%	118	34.9%	92	28.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	7.3%	28	8.0%	27	7.9%	27	7.8%	21	6.3%	28	8.3%	30	9.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	12.62		12.70		12.79		12.51		13.31		13.20		12.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	77%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	74%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	75%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	71%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	59%	58%	71%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	57%	56%	71%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	54%	54%	76%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64%	63%	77%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	46%	46%	71%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	70%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	76%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	71%	72%	77%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	80%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81%	80%	84%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	70%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	77%	77%	75%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	24%	24%	59%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	41%	40%	63%
STAAR EOC
2012	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	83%	83%
2013	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	100%	90%	78%
TAKS
2004	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	55%	55%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	62%	62%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	69%	69%	N/A
2004	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2005	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	98%	98%	N/A
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	71%	71%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	60%	60%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	63%	63%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	74%	74%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	75%	75%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2004	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2005	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	72%	72%	N/A
2004	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2005	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	93%	93%	N/A
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2004	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	65%	65%	N/A
2005	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	57%	57%	N/A
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	61%	61%	N/A
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	73%	73%	N/A
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	81%	81%	N/A
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	84%	84%	N/A
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	85%	85%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	86%	86%	N/A
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	91%	N/A
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2006	Science	8th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2007	Science	8th Grade	% met std	82%	82%	N/A
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	67%	67%	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	76%	76%	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	78%	78%	N/A
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	90%	N/A
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	80%	80%	N/A
2006	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	79%	79%	N/A
2007	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	92%	N/A
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	88%	88%	N/A
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	99%	99%	N/A
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	89%	89%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	87.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	12.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	29.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,144.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$31,929.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,115.0

* Columbus Junior 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.