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Columbus High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
124 S High School Avenue
Columbus, KS 66725
Phone
(620) 429-3821
District
COLUMBUS
County
CHEROKEE COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
267
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Kansas

4

(10 is best)

Better than 30.3% of all KS schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Columbus High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
16%
22%
23%
25%
8%
20%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
13
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 64 24.0%
Grade 10 69 25.8%
Grade 11 75 28.1%
Grade 12 59 22.1%
Total 267 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.6% 92.0% 66.5%
Black 0.8% 0.6% 7.2%
Hispanic 5.2% 5.0% 22.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 2.9%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.4% 2.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 42.3% 50.6% 42.7%
Free lunch eligible 30.3% 39.2% 33.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 12.0% 11.5% 9.5%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,599 2,937,150
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 17.8 35
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.4% 6.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.3% 20.8%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.6% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.2% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 19.6% 16.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,566 1,148,635
Single Parent Households With Children 6.5% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.8% 91.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 24.0% 34.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.9% 15.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.4% 17.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.8% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.1% 18.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.4% 15.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 22.3% 11.7%
$15,000 or less 10.1% 8.0%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,374 $7,921,804 58.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $111 $105,006 0.8%
Staff $239 $226,094 1.7%
General Administration $394 $372,724 2.8%
School Administration $979 $926,134 6.8%
Operation $1,478 $1,398,188 10.3%
Transportation $730 $690,580 5.1%
Other $413 $390,698 2.9%
Total Support $4,345 $4,110,370 30.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,572 $1,487,112 11.0%
Total Expenditures $14,291 $13,519,286 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,633 $3,697,137,819 50.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $786 $380,580,640 5.2%
Staff $484 $234,547,981 3.2%
General Administration $302 $146,148,145 2.0%
School Administration $727 $351,870,243 4.8%
Operation $1,203 $582,720,599 8.0%
Transportation $480 $232,702,406 3.2%
Other $354 $171,507,004 2.3%
Total Support $4,336 $2,100,045,783 28.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,111 $1,506,919,992 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,081 $7,304,128,071 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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