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Columbia High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

2106 Columbia Dr

Decatur GA, 30032, Dekalb County

Phone: 678-874-0802

Ranking:

(349 out of 392, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: DeKalb County 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:	76		72		83		79		83		84		85
Total Students:	1,232		1,358		1,288		1,199		1,294		1,306		1,323
Grade 9:	430	34.9%	411	30.3%	450	34.9%	381	31.8%	443	34.2%	447	34.2%	485	36.7%
Grade 10:	272	22.1%	338	24.9%	305	23.7%	276	23.0%	272	21.0%	332	25.4%	287	21.7%
Grade 11:	286	23.2%	322	23.7%	269	20.9%	270	22.5%	296	22.9%	286	21.9%	254	19.2%
Grade 12:	244	19.8%	287	21.1%	264	20.5%	272	22.7%	283	21.9%	241	18.5%	297	22.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	636	51.6%	695	51.2%	644	50.0%	577	48.1%	609	47.1%	606	46.4%	617	46.6%
Female:	596	48.4%	663	48.8%	644	50.0%	622	51.9%	685	52.9%	683	52.3%	688	52.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.2%	3	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%
Asian:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	5	0.4%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	3	0.2%
Hispanic:	7	0.6%	14	1.0%	17	1.3%	15	1.3%	18	1.4%	7	0.5%	7	0.5%
Black:	1,212	98.4%	1,332	98.1%	1,254	97.4%	1,172	97.7%	1,256	97.1%	1,288	98.6%	1,296	98.0%
White:	5	0.4%	4	0.3%	5	0.4%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.2%	4	0.3%	6	0.5%	8	0.7%	13	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	938	76.1%	1,011	74.4%	959	74.5%	874	72.9%	876	67.7%	798	61.1%	823	62.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	60	4.9%	84	6.2%	82	6.4%	74	6.2%	102	7.9%	110	8.4%	107	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.32		18.99		15.52		15.18		15.68		15.50		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
EOCT
2006	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	22%	33%	64%
2007	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	24.4%	34.8%	65%
2008	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	30%	43.9%	55%
2009	Algebra I	End of course	% met std	18.5%	30.2%	40%
2006	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	70%	74%	81%
2007	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	69.8%	77.6%	81%
2008	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	79.1%	79.8%	84%
2009	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	81.3%	83.7%	86%
2010	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	86.8%	81.4%	86.1%
2011	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	84.1%	85.3%	88.1%
2012	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	88.2%	87.1%	89.2%
2013	American Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	85%	86.2%	N/A
2006	Biology	End of course	% met std	34%	38%	57%
2007	Biology	End of course	% met std	43.4%	43.7%	58%
2008	Biology	End of course	% met std	35.5%	48.6%	62%
2009	Biology	End of course	% met std	41.1%	51.2%	64%
2010	Biology	End of course	% met std	35.1%	56.2%	66.1%
2011	Biology	End of course	% met std	44.9%	58.6%	69.9%
2012	Biology	End of course	% met std	51%	62%	72.7%
2013	Biology	End of course	% met std	55.8%	63%	N/A
2013	Coordinate Algebra	End of course	% met std	19.4%	25.8%	36.9%
2006	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	48%	47%	58%
2007	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	57.2%	64.8%	66%
2008	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	37.4%	64.6%	68%
2009	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	56.6%	68.1%	68%
2010	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	61.3%	70.6%	70.3%
2011	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	72%	71%	72.2%
2012	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	72.9%	76.4%	77.3%
2013	Economics/Business/Free Enterprise	End of course	% met std	73.3%	77.9%	78.9%
2006	Geometry	End of course	% met std	25%	33%	62%
2007	Geometry	End of course	% met std	23.2%	38.6%	63%
2008	Geometry	End of course	% met std	34.7%	41.9%	61%
2009	Geometry	End of course	% met std	12%	28.3%	47%
2010	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	49.7%	59.3%	64.4%
2011	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	43.7%	54.4%	61.3%
2012	Mathematics I	End of course	% met std	36.3%	54%	65.2%
2010	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	29.8%	44.4%	52.3%
2011	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	40.7%	49.1%	54.8%
2012	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	39.4%	48.6%	53.9%
2013	Mathematics II	End of course	% met std	32%	50.5%	59.1%
2006	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	41%	51%	65%
2007	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	53.4%	56.2%	68%
2008	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	61.9%	63.2%	73%
2009	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	62.7%	69.4%	76%
2010	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	61.4%	70.4%	79.4%
2011	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	66.3%	72.4%	82.3%
2012	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	67.1%	75.1%	84.1%
2013	Ninth Grade Literature and Composition	End of course	% met std	71.9%	76.5%	85.7%
2006	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	40%	44%	61%
2007	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	45.6%	46.8%	62%
2008	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	41.6%	49.9%	63%
2009	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	47.8%	54.9%	67%
2010	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	60.8%	62.1%	72.2%
2011	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	67.1%	65.9%	76.2%
2012	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	44.6%	59.6%	77.5%
2013	Physical Science	End of course	% met std	40%	66.7%	82.7%
2006	United States History	End of course	% met std	58%	64%	71%
2007	United States History	End of course	% met std	65.7%	66.3%	71%
2008	United States History	End of course	% met std	44.1%	54.4%	59%
2009	United States History	End of course	% met std	56.3%	54.6%	60%
2010	United States History	End of course	% met std	48.3%	55.2%	61.8%
2011	United States History	End of course	% met std	62.2%	65.4%	66.2%
2012	United States History	End of course	% met std	53%	65.6%	68.3%
2013	United States History	End of course	% met std	57.1%	69.7%	72.6%
GHSGT (GPS)
2008	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	83.3%	86.8%	90%
2009	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	86.13%	87.2%	89.98%
2010	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	84.4%	87.1%	90.1%
2011	English Language Arts	End of course	% met std	86%	87%	91%
2011	Math	End of course	% met std	77%	75%	84%
2008	Science	End of course	% met std	80%	81.6%	86.2%
2009	Science	End of course	% met std	81.61%	82.7%	87.85%
2010	Science	End of course	% met std	83.8%	85.8%	90%
2011	Science	End of course	% met std	88%	88%	93%
2010	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	67.4%	72.6%	77.9%
2011	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	76%	75%	80%
GHSGT (QCC)
2006	English	End of course	% met std	94%	93%	96%
2007	English	End of course	% met std	93.9%	94.7%	96.2%
2006	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	87%	86%	92%
2007	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	82.5%	86.5%	91.7%
2008	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	84%	88%	92%
2009	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	88.6%	90%	93.51%
2010	Mathematics	End of course	% met std	83%	88%	91%
2006	Science	End of course	% met std	61%	62%	73%
2007	Science	End of course	% met std	61.2%	66%	73.6%
2006	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	78%	80%	86%
2007	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	81.4%	83.2%	87.1%
2008	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	82%	82%	86%
2009	Social Studies	End of course	% met std	79.04%	84%	87.24%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Columbia 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.