Columbia Academy

Columbia Academy is an elementary school of rural-scale scale in Corning, California, part of Corning Union Elementary, enrolling 8 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Columbia Academy sits 98% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Corning Union Elementary, which oversees 6 schools and 1,976 students, Columbia Academy is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Columbia Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 38% White. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Tehama County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,784, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Tehama County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,948 students), Columbia Academy is one campus in the mix.

Maywood Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Columbia Academy's enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 11 (now 8). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 55% to 38%. Class-load math has tightened: from 5.5:1 in 2018 to 4.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.