Columbus Elementary School
320 West 10th St
Chester PA, 19013, Delaware County
Phone: 610-447-3801
Ranking: 
(2,300 out of 2,311, bottom 0%)*
(2,300 out of 2,311, bottom 0%)*Type: Regular School
Status: Closed
Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5
School District: Chester-Upland School District
Title I Eligible School: 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: | NA | NA | 29 | 32 | 52 | 48 | 43 | 49 | ||||||
| Total Students: | NA | NA | 336 | 626 | 760 | 828 | 744 | 719 | ||||||
| Prekindergarten: | NA | NA | 21 | 6.3% | 39 | 6.2% | 89 | 11.7% | 77 | 9.3% | 69 | 9.3% | 67 | 9.3% |
| Kindergarten: | NA | NA | 34 | 10.1% | 43 | 6.9% | 49 | 6.4% | 81 | 9.8% | 86 | 11.6% | 72 | 10.0% |
| Grade 1: | NA | NA | 43 | 12.8% | 52 | 8.3% | 77 | 10.1% | 94 | 11.4% | 66 | 8.9% | 74 | 10.3% |
| Grade 2: | NA | NA | 49 | 14.6% | 63 | 10.1% | 81 | 10.7% | 58 | 7.0% | 70 | 9.4% | 79 | 11.0% |
| Grade 3: | NA | NA | 66 | 19.6% | 74 | 11.8% | 59 | 7.8% | 76 | 9.2% | 73 | 9.8% | 84 | 11.7% |
| Grade 4: | NA | NA | 72 | 21.4% | 48 | 7.7% | 61 | 8.0% | 70 | 8.5% | 79 | 10.6% | 105 | 14.6% |
| Grade 5: | NA | NA | 51 | 15.2% | 53 | 8.5% | 76 | 10.0% | 70 | 8.5% | 93 | 12.5% | 122 | 17.0% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | NA | NA | 186 | 55.4% | 337 | 53.8% | 405 | 53.3% | 434 | 52.4% | 391 | 52.6% | 381 | 53.0% |
| Female: | NA | NA | 150 | 44.6% | 289 | 46.2% | 355 | 46.7% | 386 | 46.6% | 345 | 46.4% | 334 | 46.5% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% |
| Asian: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 2 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.1% |
| Hispanic: | NA | NA | 23 | 6.8% | 99 | 15.8% | 111 | 14.6% | 106 | 12.8% | 95 | 12.8% | 107 | 14.9% |
| Black: | NA | NA | 308 | 91.7% | 517 | 82.6% | 640 | 84.2% | 717 | 86.6% | 643 | 86.4% | 606 | 84.3% |
| White: | NA | NA | 4 | 1.2% | 7 | 1.1% | 7 | 0.9% | 4 | 0.5% | 4 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.7% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.2% | 1 | 0.1% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | NA | NA | 1 | 0.3% | 1 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 281 | 83.6% | 461 | 73.6% | 646 | 85.0% | 617 | 74.5% | 601 | 80.8% | 617 | 85.8% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | NA | NA | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 0.6% | 3 | 0.4% | 10 | 1.2% | 9 | 1.2% | 31 | 4.3% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | NA | NA | 11.59 | 19.56 | 14.62 | 17.25 | 17.30 | 14.60 | ||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| PSSA | ||||||
| 2005 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 43% | 49% | 81% |
| 2006 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 61% | 61% | 83% |
| 2007 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 37.3% | 39.7% | 78.5% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 47.3% | 52% | 80.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 44.3% | 53.6% | 81.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 46.2% | 58.1% | 84.5% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 57.2% | 57.9% | 83.5% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 8% | 44.1% | 80% |
| 2005 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 29% | 36% | 68% |
| 2006 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39% | 43% | 69% |
| 2007 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 45% | 46.2% | 72.8% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40.6% | 51.4% | 76.8% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 39.4% | 46.8% | 77% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 40% | 46.7% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 26.5% | 44.9% | 77.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 10% | 39.8% | 74.1% |
| 2006 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 33.8% | 43.6% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.6% | 28.7% | 78% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 16.5% | 28% | 79.6% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.8% | 49% | 81.8% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 34.3% | 53% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 45.1% | 54.9% | 85.2% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 10.3% | 39.6% | 82.6% |
| 2006 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 23.4% | 32.4% | 68.1% |
| 2007 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 27.2% | 33.8% | 70.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 16.2% | 25% | 70.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 24.2% | 38.9% | 72.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 20.3% | 33.2% | 72.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 25.4% | 37.9% | 73.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 5.1% | 25.2% | 72.1% |
| 2008 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 30.2% | 37.3% | 81.5% |
| 2009 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 37.5% | 45.6% | 83.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 28.2% | 40.2% | 81.4% |
| 2011 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 35.3% | 53.1% | 82.9% |
| 2012 | Science | 4th Grade | % met std | 12.5% | 38.2% | 82.3% |
| 2003 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.1% | 20.6% | 56.3% |
| 2004 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 25.3% | 61.8% |
| 2005 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.6% | 27.6% | 69% |
| 2006 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 16.8% | 23.5% | 66.9% |
| 2007 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.8% | 26.9% | 71% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 20% | 35.5% | 73.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 16% | 26% | 73.5% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 22% | 41.4% | 74.4% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 25.4% | 39.7% | 76.3% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 25% | 33.1% | 73.3% |
| 2003 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 15.5% | 19.9% | 58% |
| 2004 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 24.2% | 26.2% | 62.7% |
| 2005 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.4% | 19.7% | 64.2% |
| 2006 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 10.4% | 19.2% | 60.6% |
| 2007 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 7.9% | 17.7% | 60% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 13% | 27.9% | 61.6% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.5% | 24.9% | 64.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 14.7% | 27.3% | 64.1% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 27% | 28.5% | 67.3% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 20.9% | 22% | 65% |
| 2006 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 35.2% | 36.5% | 54.1% |
| 2007 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 19.4% | 38% | 57.3% |
| 2008 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 17.2% | 30.1% | 57.3% |
| 2009 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 28.5% | 58.1% |
| 2010 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 21.2% | 31.3% | 61.8% |
| 2011 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 40.3% | 40.6% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 5th Grade | % met std | 18.2% | 24.6% | 64.2% |
| 2007 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 12.6% | 20.5% | 69.6% |
| 2008 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 7.7% | 26.4% | 72.3% |
| 2009 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 28.1% | 48.8% | 75.7% |
| 2010 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 34.8% | 46% | 78% |
| 2011 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 37.7% | 53.9% | 78.8% |
| 2012 | Math | 6th Grade | % met std | 39.6% | 40.3% | 77.2% |
| 2007 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 16.8% | 24.6% | 63.5% |
| 2008 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 12.5% | 26% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 15% | 36.3% | 67.6% |
| 2010 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.7% | 31.7% | 68.8% |
| 2011 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 23.3% | 34.5% | 69.9% |
| 2012 | Reading | 6th Grade | % met std | 13.2% | 25.5% | 68.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 9.4% | 20.6% | 75.3% |
| 2010 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 20.8% | 33.5% | 77.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 27.1% | 32.6% | 78.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 7th Grade | % met std | 34.6% | 37.3% | 80.1% |
| 2009 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 21% | 30.8% | 71.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 30.3% | 40.7% | 73.5% |
| 2011 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 29.6% | 36.9% | 76% |
| 2012 | Reading | 7th Grade | % met std | 26.9% | 32.5% | 76% |
| 2010 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 8.1% | 16.6% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 11.1% | 28.4% | 76.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 8th Grade | % met std | 27.1% | 22.9% | 76.4% |
| 2010 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 33.7% | 45.5% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 21.2% | 42.4% | 81.8% |
| 2012 | Reading | 8th Grade | % met std | 21% | 28.7% | 79.8% |
| 2010 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 0% | 5.9% | 57.2% |
| 2011 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 3.1% | 9.2% | 58.3% |
| 2012 | Science | 8th Grade | % met std | 4.8% | 8.6% | 59.7% |
| 2010 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 33% | 33.9% | 75.2% |
| 2011 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 26% | 40.1% | 73.1% |
| 2012 | Writing | 8th Grade | % met std | 25.7% | 30.9% | 72.7% |
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* Columbus Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.