COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in LAKE CITY, Florida, operated by COLUMBIA, caters to 585 students in grades pre-K through 5.

COLUMBIA comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 9,815 students; COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. Compared to Columbia County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.6%; this one delivers 59.5%.

Across the wider county, Columbia County reports that median household income runs about $59,205, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Columbia County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,815 students), COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BELMONT ACADEMY, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, COLUMBIA CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 59.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 619 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 80% to 74%. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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