Columbia Elementary School

In Rochester, Indiana, Columbia Elementary School is a small elementary school. Students in pre-K through 1 make up the school's enrollment of 325 students. Elementary schools in Indiana have about 436 students on average; enrollment here is 25% lower.

Rochester Community School Corp counts 1,593 students in its 4 schools, and Columbia Elementary School is one of them.

A large majority of enrollment at Columbia Elementary School is White, at 86%. It is also 6% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Columbia Elementary School scores 25%.

For every teacher at Columbia Elementary School, there are about 14.2 students; the school has 22.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Indiana average 15.5:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 67%.

For the population of Fulton County, median household income comes to about $61,360, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Fulton County counts 7 public schools with about 2,763 students.

Columbia Elementary School is about 0.6 miles from Rochester Community Middle School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 3 other public schools.

The federal government classifies Columbia Elementary School's location as Town: Distant.

The school shrank from 463 students in 2020-21 to 325 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.4:1 to 14.2:1.

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