Columbia Middle

Columbia Middle is one of the moderately sized junior highs in Adelanto, California, run under Adelanto Elementary, with 754 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Adelanto Elementary comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 7,660 students; Columbia Middle is among them.

On demographics, Columbia Middle lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Black, 7% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Columbia Middle falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.0%; this one comes in at 7.2%, -29.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Columbia Middle is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Theodore Vick Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Columbia Middle comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.7%.

Columbia Middle operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbia Middle has showed little movement, going from 752 students in 2018 to 754 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 26% to 20% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.