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Columbia Central School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

94 West Richton Rd

Steger IL, 60475, Cook County

Phone: 708-755-0021

Ranking:

(2,275 out of 3,028, bottom 25%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Steger School District 194

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:	45		60		41		41		46		43		38
Total Students:	515		505		560		538		563		536		562
Grade 6:	174	33.8%	158	31.3%	194	34.6%	168	31.2%	197	35.0%	178	33.2%	180	32.0%
Grade 7:	167	32.4%	180	35.6%	184	32.9%	198	36.8%	182	32.3%	183	34.1%	180	32.0%
Grade 8:	174	33.8%	167	33.1%	181	32.3%	172	32.0%	183	32.5%	172	32.1%	202	35.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	260	50.5%	249	49.3%	270	48.2%	273	50.7%	267	47.4%	200	37.3%	281	50.0%
Female:	255	49.5%	256	50.7%	290	51.8%	265	49.3%	243	43.2%	280	52.2%	216	38.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
Asian:	6	1.2%	5	1.0%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	7	1.2%	6	1.1%	4	0.7%
Hispanic:	115	22.3%	112	22.2%	108	19.3%	110	20.4%	101	17.9%	86	16.0%	61	10.9%
Black:	124	24.1%	109	21.6%	132	23.6%	124	23.0%	129	22.9%	134	25.0%	126	22.4%
White:	226	43.9%	241	47.7%	263	47.0%	260	48.3%	280	49.7%	261	48.7%	310	55.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	41	8.0%	36	7.1%	49	8.8%	36	6.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	376	73.0%	318	63.0%	145	25.9%	299	55.6%	299	53.1%	219	40.9%	182	32.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	18	3.5%	19	3.8%	231	41.3%	57	10.6%	57	10.1%	63	11.8%	69	12.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.53		8.44		13.79		13.12		12.24		12.60		14.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISAT
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	72.8%	72.4%	79.1%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	73.6%	73.6%	81.4%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	82.9%	82.9%	82.7%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	83%	82.4%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	86.0%	86.0%	84.6%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	80.6%	83.9%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79.6%	79.6%	84.9%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	49.1%	49.1%	59.6%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	73.3%	73.0%	72.8%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	65.2%	65.2%	73.4%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	70.1%	70.1%	79.1%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75.5%	75.5%	79.9%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.4%	74.4%	81.2%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	74.1%	74.1%	84.1%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	69.7%	69.7%	81.7%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	42.2%	42.2%	58.9%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	73.7%	76.0%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.4%	81.4%	79.4%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80.0%	80.0%	80.4%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	81.9%	81.9%	82.7%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.6%	85.6%	84.4%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	85.3%	84.3%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	82.6%	84.6%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	52.2%	52.2%	59.1%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.8%	64.8%	72%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	66.5%	66.5%	73.3%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	73.7%	73.7%	77.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	64.9%	64.9%	77.5%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	70.5%	70.5%	77.4%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	69.6%	69.6%	78.8%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	68.5%	68.5%	78.1%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	47.2%	47.2%	58.5%
2003	Science	7th Grade	% met std	64.7%	64.7%	73.7%
2004	Science	7th Grade	% met std	63.5%	63.5%	74.4%
2005	Science	7th Grade	% met std	75.2%	75.2%	74.6%
2006	Science	7th Grade	% met std	77.9%	77.9%	80.9%
2007	Science	7th Grade	% met std	81.7%	81.7%	79.3%
2008	Science	7th Grade	% met std	73.5%	73.5%	79.2%
2009	Science	7th Grade	% met std	72.5%	72.5%	79.5%
2010	Science	7th Grade	% met std	79.1%	79.1%	82.4%
2011	Science	7th Grade	% met std	73.9%	73.9%	81.9%
2012	Science	7th Grade	% met std	69.5%	69.5%	79.9%
2013	Science	7th Grade	% met std	76.7%	76.7%	79.0%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.1%	41.1%	53.1%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.1%	39.1%	54.4%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	39.6%	39.6%	54.3%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% met std	73.8%	73.8%	78.2%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% met std	71.4%	71.4%	81.3%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.0%	76.0%	80.3%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83.6%	83.6%	81.7%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	80.0%	80.0%	83.7%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	82.5%	82.5%	86.3%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	76.4%	76.4%	85.0%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	41.8%	41.8%	58.9%
2003	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	58.4%	63.7%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	58.4%	58.4%	67.1%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.7%	71.7%	72.8%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	74.4%	79.2%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	71.3%	71.3%	81.7%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	81.1%	81.1%	81.4%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	82.3%	82.3%	83.6%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	76.1%	76.1%	84.1%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.3%	74.3%	85.0%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	77.5%	77.5%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	43.5%	43.5%	59.8%

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* Columbia Central School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.