City: Columbia, PN
Address: 901 Ironville Pike
District: Columbia Borough SD
Phone: (717)684-7500
Fax: (717)681-2219
Length of school day: 7
Number of instructional days: 180
Community type: URBAN
School Enrollment: 664
Low income: 16.0%
Attendance rate: 89.74%
Number of students entering this school: 66
Number of students who withdrew from this school: 81
High School graduation rate: 82%
HS graduation rate for male students: 76.8%
HS graduation rate for female students: 88.6%
HS graduation rate for white students: 82.9%
HS graduation rate for black students: 73.3%
HS graduation rate for Hispanic students: 87.5%
HS graduation rate for Asian students: 100%
HS graduation rate for Native American students: 0%
Total number of graduates: 88
Number of graduates intending to obtain a job: 35
Number of graduates intending to pursue non-degree education: 5
Number of graduates intending to join military: 1
Number of graduates intending to pursue homemaking: 1
Number of graduates intending to go to a degree-granting school: 46
Number of classes with 1 to 20 students: 49
Number of classes with 21 to 23 students: 35
Number of classes with 24 to 26 students: 28
Number of classes with 27 to 29 students: 30
Number of classes with 30 or more students: 2
Total number of teachers: 49
Full-time teachers: 46
Part-time teachers: 1
Teachers in this district with less than bachelor's degree: 0
Teachers in this district with Bachelor's degree: 47
Teachers in this district with Master's degree: 50
Teachers in this district with Doctor's degree: 1
Teachers in district with less than 1 year of experience: 9
Teachers in district with 2-5 years of experience: 26
Teachers in district with 6-10 years of experience: 10
Teachers in district with 11-15 years of experience: 12
Teachers in district with 16-20 years of experience: 11
Teachers in district with 21-25 years of experience: 13
Teachers in district with 26-30 years of experience: 10
Teachers in district with 30-35 years of experience: 7
Teachers in district with over 35 years of experience: 0
Total number of teachers in this district: 98
Administration staff: 1
Other full-time service coordinators: 1
Other part-time service coordinators: 0
High quality teachers percentage: 100.0%
Councelors: 2
Librarians: 1
Other staff: 3
7th grade enrollment : 135
8th grade enrollment : 128
9th grade enrollment : 106
10th grade enrollment : 102
11th grade enrollment : 109
12th grade enrollment : 84
Statistics about Columbia JSHS in Columbia, PN
Average verbal SAT score: 470.71
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT verbal part: 13.8
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT verbal part: 27.6
Average math SAT score: 476.07
Percentage of students scoring in the top 25% in the SAT math part: 10.3
Percentage of students scoring in the bottom 25% in the SAT math part: 27.6
SAT average for all students taking the test: 946.79
ACT average for all students taking the test: 21
Average teacher salary: $44544
Teacher salary range: $32445 - $62545
Average administration staff salary: $67679
Administration staff salary range: $57000 - $86994
Suspensions: 199
Law-enforcement incidents: 15
Library titles: 9990
Library titles checked out during school year: 1529
Computers: 100
CD-ROM titles: 3
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 93.1%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 4.3%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 22.3%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 28.7%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 44.7%
Scaled math score: 1180
Grade 11 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 92.1%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 3.2%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 34.4%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 33.3%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 29.0%
Scaled reading score: 1230
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) math results
Percentage of pariticipating in math tests: 92.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced math level: 0.8%
Percentage of students at Proficient math level: 20.3%
Percentage of students at Basic math level: 27.1%
Percentage of students at Below Basic math level: 51.7%
Scaled math score: 1180
Grade 8 PSS (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) reading results
Percentage of pariticipating in reading tests: 92.2%
Percentage of students at Advanced reading level: 2.5%
Percentage of students at Proficient reading level: 29.7%
Percentage of students at Basic reading level: 26.3%
Percentage of students at Below Basic reading level: 41.5%
Scaled reading score: 1170