Columbia High School

Columbia High School

Public High School | Grade 9-12
469 SE Fighting Tiger Dr,  Lake City, FL
Columbia County School District
3.7
2.0
1,737 Students
B+
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Mr. Thomas Hosford
Student Teacher Ratio
21:1
Average SAT Score
1120
Average ACT Score
24
Math Proficiency
37%
Reading Proficiency
46%
Average GPA
3.36
Graduation Rate
95%

Niche Grade

B
Academics
B-
Teachers
B+
College Prep
B
Administration
C+
Resources/Facilities
B
Clubs and Activities
A-
Sports
B-
Food
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Average GPA
3.36
Reading Proficiency
46%
Math Proficiency
37%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
21:1
Teachers
81
Full Time Teachers
81
Teachers in First or Second Year
34.8%
College Prep
Average SAT
1120
Math
550
Verbal
580
Average ACT
24
Math
22
English
24
Reading
26
Science
23
Number of AP Courses
13
AP Pass Rate
48.4%
AP Math Enrollment
Very Low
AP Science Enrollment
Low
Other AP Enrollment
Very High
Clubs and Activities
Girls Athletic Participation
Low
Boys Athletic Participation
Low

GreatSchools Rating

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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
374:1

Student Diversity

Female
50.7%
Male
49.3%
White
57.7%
Black
27.7%
Hispanic
7.5%
Two or more races
5.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander
1.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
Native American
<1%
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School Rankings

#153 Niche Standout HS in Florida
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Specialty School Programs

AP Programs Offered
IB Programs Offered
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program

Colleges Students are Considering

Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
University of Florida 426 Students
Florida State University 328 Students
Florida Gateway College 320 Students
University of Central Florida 283 Students
University of North Florida 254 Students
Santa Fe College 235 Students
University of South Florida 186 Students
Florida A&M University 176 Students
Jacksonville University 116 Students
University of Miami 112 Students

What Students Want to Study

Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Nursing 129 Students
Business 111 Students
Biology 68 Students
Psychology 63 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies 48 Students
Nursing Science, Education, and Practice 40 Students
Physical Therapy 39 Students
Veterinary Sciences 28 Students
Family Practice and Pediatric Nursing 26 Students
Small Business Management 26 Students

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
3.7 225 Reviews
2.0 Senior
10/29/2024
Really good! I love some of the teachers and they have great staff. They also have great janitors. But they could do better with how they act towards students.
4.0 Alum
8/23/2023
I attended Columbia for my Junior and Senior years of high school. The teachers were very welcoming and very understanding towards me as a new student and having to pick up the subjects at the time that I did. They were very encouraging and flexible on making sure I was caught up on assignments. This encouragement continued on throughout my senior year with starting college classes and finishing up my last requirements to graduate. The teachers I had at Columbia is just a small portion of teachers in the school but these teachers understood their students having an outside life and worked with them as long as the students worked with the teachers in return.
5.0 Alum
6/28/2023
I've throughly learned about and experienced things that I often use and look back in with the memories and wonderful stories that I can tell about my experience not to mention how well the school set me up to succeed
GreatSchools Reviews
2.0 5 Reviews
1.0 student
9/11/2023
This place doesn't make anyone feel safe, and seems to constantly want to suspend whoever they feel like instead of fixing bullying or other problems. The credit recovery is the only reason that the graduation rate is as high as it is. This school doesn't care about anything besides the football tea...
1.0 parent
10/27/2022
This school sucks instead of making the school better with better equipment they add metal dectors which makes multiple students late to classs.
1.0 parent
3/1/2021
My daughter is on her during class and the teachers don't care what they do in class. There's a lot of fighting and drugs in this school.
5.0 student
2/12/2018
this school is the best school ever

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