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Columbia School District

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Columbia School District is located in east Connecticut. Columbia School District has 21.37 square miles of land area and 0.61 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Columbia School District population is 5,472. Columbia School District median household income is $93,953 in 2010-2014. Columbia School District median house value is $263,700 in 2010-2014. On average, Columbia School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	(100 out of 162, bottom 38%)*
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 8
Number of Schools:	1
Population	5,472 (2010-2014), rank #133
Population Growth	2.41% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	248.89/sq mi, rank #121
Median Household Income:	$93,953 at 2010-2014—16.74% increase since 2005-2009, rank #45
Median House Price:	$263,700 at 2010-2014—-4.07% increase since 2005-2009, rank #96
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	21.37 sq mi, rank #117
Water Area:	0.61 sq mi (2.79%), rank #96
State:	Connecticut
County:	Tolland County
City:	Columbia
Zip:	06237
Area:	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

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Columbia School District Map and Nearby Locations

3 Schoolhouse Rd

Columbia CT, 06237, Tolland County

Phone: 860-228-9493

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	467	503	524	539	554	574	588
English Language Learner Students:	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Total Teachers:	40.70	45.89	45.20	48.40	50.00	59.20	51.00
Prekindergarten:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.00	2.00
Elementary:	35.40	40.12	39.60	42.80	44.00	54.20	46.00
Secondary:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Ungraded:	2.30	2.77	2.60	2.60	3.00	3.00	3.00
Total Other Staff:	44.50	45.00	46.00	51.50	55.00	52.70	60.00
Instructional Aides:	13.00	13.00	15.00	18.00	19.00	19.00	21.00
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.25	2.25	1.25	3.25	3.25	3.00	3.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.70	1.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.70	1.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
District Administrators:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	0.00	2.00
District Administrative Support:	1.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrators:	4.50	3.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	0.00	2.00
School Administrative Support:	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Student Support Services:	1.50	1.00	1.00	1.50	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Support Services:	18.00	18.00	19.00	19.00	19.00	22.00	23.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.47	10.96	11.59	11.14	11.08	9.70	11.53

Schools

Horace W. Porter School

Prekindergarten to Grade 8

3 Schoolhouse Rd, Columbia CT 06237

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
CMT Test
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	72.2%	78.3%
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	75.8%	80.1%
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.8%	80.7%
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	95.3%	82.8%
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	91.1%	83.6%
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	87.9%	84.3%
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	98.1%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81.0%	82.7%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	69.2%	69.2%
2007	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61.3%	69.3%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	72.7%	68.4%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	74.6%	71.1%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	72.3%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	70.2%	74%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	73.1%	74.5%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	71.4%	72.4%
2006	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	69.8%	81.7%
2007	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	70%	82.4%
2008	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.6%	82.9%
2009	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	93.8%	83.2%
2010	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	78.9%	80.3%
2011	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	79.3%	81.1%
2012	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.4%	83.2%
2013	Writing	3rd Grade	% met std	90.9%	80.4%
2006	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	86.6%	80.3%
2007	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	81.8%	80.9%
2008	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	83.6%	81.5%
2009	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89.6%	84.6%
2010	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	91.3%	85.2%
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	94.8%	85.2%
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	96.6%	85.8%
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98.1%	83.8%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	76.1%	71.8%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	69.8%	70.6%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	72.1%	69.7%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	74.2%	74.4%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	72.9%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	78.9%	74.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.7%	78.3%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	77.6%
2006	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	80.6%	84.2%
2007	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72.2%	84.1%
2008	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	88.5%	84.8%
2009	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	95.5%	85%
2010	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94.2%	86.5%
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	85.4%
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	94.7%	83.7%
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	92.7%	83.5%
2006	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	94.2%	80.8%
2007	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	89.4%	82.5%
2008	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	83.3%	83.1%
2009	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	92.6%	85.9%
2010	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96.9%	87.8%
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	87.6%
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	98.2%	85.7%
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	96.5%	84.4%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.2%	72.8%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	75.8%	73.4%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.4%	74%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	68.5%	77.7%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.9%	75.4%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.1%	75.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	90.7%	79.7%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	83.9%	79.1%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	92.6%	81.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	96.5%	82.9%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	100%	82.5%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	95.5%	82.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	98.2%	82.4%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	93.1%	81.7%
2006	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.3%
2007	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	78.8%	85.7%
2008	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	84.9%	85.7%
2009	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	86.5%
2010	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	93.8%	87.3%
2011	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	97%	88%
2012	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	85.7%	88.5%
2013	Writing	5th Grade	% met std	89.7%	87.7%
2006	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	79.8%
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94.4%	82.7%
2008	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	94%	84.3%
2009	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	88.2%	86.8%
2010	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	92.7%	88.2%
2011	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98.4%	88.5%
2012	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98.5%	87.2%
2013	Mathematics	6th Grade	% met std	98.1%	85.9%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	75%	75.4%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90.1%	75.7%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.4%	77.6%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86.3%	80.3%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	85.5%	85.5%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	93.4%	86.5%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92.8%	84.8%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	96.3%	84.5%
2006	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	80.6%	82.7%
2007	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	85.9%	83.8%
2008	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	81.8%	82.9%
2009	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	72.2%	83.1%
2010	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	81%	85.5%
2011	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	100%	86.1%
2012	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	95.7%	84.9%
2013	Writing	6th Grade	% met std	94.6%	84.3%
2006	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	82.6%	77.8%
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	86.8%	80.2%
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	94.3%	82.6%
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	91.2%	85.7%
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	89.8%	87.4%
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	94.2%	87.2%
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	86.7%
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	% met std	100.0%	84.9%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	74.4%	76.4%
2007	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85.3%	75.5%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.4%	79.7%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	83.6%	83.4%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	87.8%	85.3%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90.4%	85.7%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91.8%	87.4%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	97.0%	87.0%
2006	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	83.7%	80.9%
2007	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80.9%	81.1%
2008	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	88.6%	80.1%
2009	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	79.4%	80.9%
2010	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	78.8%	79.7%
2011	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	80%	79.8%
2012	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	96.7%	83.9%
2013	Writing	7th Grade	% met std	89.7%	83.2%
2006	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	94.6%	78.9%
2007	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	88.4%	80.8%
2008	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	87.3%	81.2%
2009	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95.5%	84.5%
2010	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	97.1%	86.6%
2011	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	95.8%	86%
2012	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	92.9%	87.1%
2013	Mathematics	8th Grade	% met std	98.4%	86.1%
2006	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.2%	76.6%
2007	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	74.4%	76.4%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	83.1%	77%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91%	80.5%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88.2%	82.6%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	93.6%	83.4%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89.5%	86.2%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	91.8%	85.7%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	91.5%	75.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	95.6%	76.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	92.8%	76%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	88%	75.9%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	77.1%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	96.7%	76.5%
2006	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	87.8%	81.9%
2007	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	81.4%	82.5%
2008	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	90.1%	82.7%
2009	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	94.1%	83.7%
2010	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	84.1%	80.6%
2011	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	82.4%	81.6%
2012	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	86.4%	86.2%
2013	Writing	8th Grade	% met std	96.7%	85.7%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$13,112,000	$25,023		$13,226,000	$24,538		$13,013,000	$23,489
Federal:	$360,000	$687	2.7%	$643,000	$1,193	4.9%	$631,000	$1,139	4.8%
State:	$4,115,000	$7,853	31.4%	$3,491,000	$6,477	26.4%	$3,591,000	$6,482	27.6%
Local:	$8,637,000	$16,483	65.9%	$9,092,000	$16,868	68.7%	$8,791,000	$15,868	67.6%
Total Expenditures:	$12,498,000	$23,851		$12,642,000	$23,455		$12,379,000	$22,345
Total Current Expenditures:	$9,325,000	$17,796		$9,360,000	$17,365		$9,274,000	$16,740
Instructional Expenditures:	$4,441,000	$8,475	47.6%	$4,631,000	$8,592	49.5%	$4,717,000	$8,514	50.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,000,000	$3,817	21.4%	$2,029,000	$3,764	21.7%	$2,025,000	$3,655	21.8%
Administration:	$1,015,000	$1,937	10.9%	$969,000	$1,798	10.4%	$993,000	$1,792	10.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$1,869,000	$3,567	20.0%	$1,731,000	$3,212	18.5%	$1,539,000	$2,778	16.6%
Total Capital Outlay:	$132,000	$252		$150,000	$278		$18,000	$32
Construction:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Total Other:	$7,000	$13		$7,000	$13		$7,000	$13
Interest on Debt:	$76,000	$145		$97,000	$180		$119,000	$215

Total Salary:	$5,241,000	$10,002		$5,311,000	$9,853		$5,541,000	$10,002
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$3,089,000	$5,895	58.9%	$3,239,000	$6,009	61.0%	$3,397,000	$6,132	61.3%
Other Salary:	$2,152,000	$4,107	41.1%	$2,072,000	$3,844	39.0%	$2,144,000	$3,870	38.7%
Total Benefit:	$2,109,000	$4,025		$2,051,000	$3,805		$2,101,000	$3,792
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,269,000	$2,422	60.2%	$1,248,000	$2,315	60.8%	$1,287,000	$2,323	61.3%
Other Benefit:	$840,000	$1,603	39.8%	$803,000	$1,490	39.2%	$814,000	$1,469	38.7%

* Columbia School District was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.