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Columbia Borough School District

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Columbia Borough School District is located in southeast Pennsylvania. Columbia Borough School District has 2.41 square miles of land area and 0.01 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Columbia Borough School District population is 10,399. Columbia Borough School District median household income is $43,410 in 2010-2014. Columbia Borough School District median house value is $105,100 in 2010-2014. On average, Columbia Borough School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (480 out of 496, bottom 3%) Elementary/Middle School: (455 out of 498, bottom 9%)* Rank: #476
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Kindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	3
Population	10,399 (2010-2014), rank #355
Population Growth	3.21% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	4,294.60/sq mi, rank #25
Median Household Income:	$43,410 at 2010-2014—20.73% increase since 2005-2009, rank #390
Median House Price:	$105,100 at 2010-2014—9.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #362
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	2.41 sq mi, rank #487
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.31%), rank #459
State:	Pennsylvania
County:	Lancaster County
City:	Columbia
Zip:	17512
Area:	Lancaster, PA

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Columbia Borough School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

200 North Fifth St

Columbia PA, 17512, Lancaster County

Phone: 717-684-2283

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,321	1,360	1,325	1,359	1,371	1,376	1,435
English Language Learner Students:	35	31	31	40	40	41	46
Total Teachers:	94.50	95.00	103.50	109.29	112.63	116.00	115.30
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Kindergarten:	6.00	6.00	6.00	7.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
Elementary:	48.90	48.90	48.00	49.00	50.50	51.50	50.00
Secondary:	37.80	39.17	46.50	49.29	52.13	54.50	54.80
Ungraded:	1.80	0.93	3.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.50
Total Other Staff:	112.30	127.00	127.00	134.21	98.21	99.50	101.30
Instructional Aides:	1.00	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	NA	2.70	3.00	3.71	3.71	2.00	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	2.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00
District Administrators:	3.00	3.30	3.30	3.30	4.00	5.00	5.00
District Administrative Support:	6.00	6.00	6.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	5.30	5.00	4.70	3.70	4.00	4.00	5.00
School Administrative Support:	8.00	9.00	9.00	15.00	14.00	14.00	14.00
Student Support Services:	NA	4.00	4.00	4.50	4.50	6.00	4.30
Other Support Services:	81.00	86.00	86.00	93.00	57.00	57.50	61.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	13.98	14.32	12.80	12.43	12.17	11.86	12.45

Schools

Columbia Jshs	Grade 7 to Grade 12	901 Ironville Pk, Columbia PA 17512
Park Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	50 South 6th St, Columbia PA 17512
Taylor Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 6	45 North 9th St, Columbia PA 17512

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
PSSA Test
2003	Math	11th Grade	% met std	17.6%	49.1%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% met std	19.3%	49.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% met std	19.3%	50.9%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% met std	25.2%	52%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% met std	36.2%	53.7%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% met std	38.3%	55.9%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% met std	42.7%	55.6%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% met std	37.6%	59.6%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% met std	39.3%	60.3%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% met std	45.3%	60%
2003	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	28.3%	59.2%
2004	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	37%	60.8%
2005	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	37.2%	65%
2006	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	47.7%	65.1%
2007	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	44%	65.4%
2008	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	54.2%	64.7%
2009	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	50%	65.2%
2010	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	56.4%	67.2%
2011	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	48.3%	69.1%
2012	Reading	11th Grade	% met std	46.8%	67.8%
2008	Science	11th Grade	% met std	14.2%	35.7%
2009	Science	11th Grade	% met std	26.6%	39.7%
2010	Science	11th Grade	% met std	13.5%	39.8%
2011	Science	11th Grade	% met std	22.7%	40.8%
2012	Science	11th Grade	% met std	24.2%	41.8%
2005	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	59.6%	69%
2006	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.4%	85.6%
2007	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	69.6%	87.9%
2008	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	78.6%	85.8%
2009	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.3%	82.7%
2010	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	79.3%	80.7%
2011	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	73.6%	84.7%
2012	Writing	11th Grade	% met std	71.2%	82.9%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	83%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	67%	78.5%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	80.9%	80.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	81.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	77.5%	84.5%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	83.5%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	80%
2005	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71%	68%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	69%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69%	72.8%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.9%	76.8%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.9%	77%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	75.2%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	68.9%	77.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.5%	74.1%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	78.4%	77.2%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	78%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	73.2%	79.6%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	66%	81.8%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87.3%	85.2%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	69.1%	82.6%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.2%	68.1%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	58.6%	70.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.8%	70.1%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	53.3%	72.6%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	61.9%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.1%	73.3%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	54.2%	72.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	65.3%	81.5%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	69.6%	83.4%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	74%	81.4%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80.7%	82.9%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	73.9%	82.3%
2003	Math	5th Grade	% met std	62.8%	56.3%
2004	Math	5th Grade	% met std	60.3%	61.8%
2005	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	58.5%	66.9%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	71%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76%	73.2%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	70.5%	73.5%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77%	74.4%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	72.9%	76.3%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	76.7%	73.3%
2003	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	56.9%	58%
2004	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	46.8%	62.7%
2005	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	65.4%	64.2%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	50%	60.6%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	59%	60%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	61.5%	61.6%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	53.2%	64.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63%	64.1%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	55.1%	67.3%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	58%	65%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	50%	54.1%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.9%	57.3%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.6%	57.3%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	65.6%	58.1%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	54.3%	61.8%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	57.4%	67.1%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	66.1%	64.2%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	69.8%	68%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	71.7%	69.6%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.3%	72.3%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.4%	75.7%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	65.6%	78%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	63.2%	78.8%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	64.4%	77.2%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	57.5%	65.9%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	56%	63.5%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	55.2%	66.9%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	67%	67.6%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43%	68.8%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	47.1%	69.9%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	51.9%	68.5%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	51%	66.5%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	60.4%	67.2%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	71.1%	70.6%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	66.7%	75.3%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	68.4%	77.9%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	62.2%	78.6%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	67.1%	80.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	44.4%	68.1%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.7%	66.8%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	53.6%	70%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	62.7%	71.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	63.1%	73.5%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	50%	76%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	48.1%	76%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	23%	51.3%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	43.8%	57.9%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	49.2%	62.9%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	56.9%	62.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	51.9%	67.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	69.5%	70.4%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59.2%	71.3%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	58.3%	75.2%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	60.4%	76.9%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	70.3%	76.4%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	39.3%	63.4%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	49.6%	68.9%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	57.5%	64.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	66.1%	70.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.1%	75%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	73.4%	78.3%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	68.4%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	70.2%	81.9%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	60.5%	81.8%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	59.5%	79.8%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	48.9%	52.7%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	34.7%	54.8%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	41.2%	57.2%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	36.1%	58.3%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	37.3%	59.7%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	47.2%	66.1%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	55.8%	71.8%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48.4%	69.1%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	43.3%	71.2%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	48%	75.2%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	44.9%	73.1%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	54.6%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$21,084,000	$15,912		$22,070,000	$16,240		$22,258,000	$16,235
Federal:	$1,210,000	$913	5.7%	$2,554,000	$1,879	11.6%	$2,277,000	$1,661	10.2%
State:	$9,724,000	$7,339	46.1%	$9,287,000	$6,834	42.1%	$9,822,000	$7,164	44.1%
Local:	$10,150,000	$7,660	48.1%	$10,229,000	$7,527	46.3%	$10,159,000	$7,410	45.6%
Total Expenditures:	$20,155,000	$15,211		$24,799,000	$18,248		$32,193,000	$23,481
Total Current Expenditures:	$15,825,000	$11,943		$16,126,000	$11,866		$16,666,000	$12,156
Instructional Expenditures:	$9,986,000	$7,537	63.1%	$10,081,000	$7,418	62.5%	$10,415,000	$7,597	62.5%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,885,000	$1,423	11.9%	$2,039,000	$1,500	12.6%	$2,253,000	$1,643	13.5%
Administration:	$1,613,000	$1,217	10.2%	$1,538,000	$1,132	9.5%	$1,600,000	$1,167	9.6%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,341,000	$1,767	14.8%	$2,468,000	$1,816	15.3%	$2,398,000	$1,749	14.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$57,000	$43		$4,626,000	$3,404		$11,902,000	$8,681
Construction:	$15,000	$11		$4,528,000	$3,332		$11,604,000	$8,464
Total Other:	$29,000	$22		$113,000	$83		$111,000	$81
Interest on Debt:	$1,079,000	$814		$1,108,000	$815		$829,000	$605

Total Salary:	$8,483,000	$6,402		$9,291,000	$6,837		$9,084,000	$6,626
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,779,000	$4,362	68.1%	$6,411,000	$4,717	69.0%	$6,230,000	$4,544	68.6%
Other Salary:	$2,704,000	$2,041	31.9%	$2,880,000	$2,119	31.0%	$2,854,000	$2,082	31.4%
Total Benefit:	$4,077,000	$3,077		$3,526,000	$2,595		$3,701,000	$2,699
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,667,000	$2,013	65.4%	$2,303,000	$1,695	65.3%	$2,364,000	$1,724	63.9%
Other Benefit:	$1,410,000	$1,064	34.6%	$1,223,000	$900	34.7%	$1,337,000	$975	36.1%

* Columbia Borough School District was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.