Columbus Community High School

Columbus Community High School is one of the compact four-year high schools in Columbus Junction, Iowa, part of Columbus Comm School District, with 220 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 468 students each, so Columbus Community High School sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Columbus Comm School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 707 students. Columbus Community High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Columbus Community High School reports that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 30% White, 7% Asian, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Columbus Community High School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.3:1, putting Columbus Community High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Louisa County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Columbus Community High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.8%, the actual is 63.8%, a residual of +0.1 points.

In the surrounding community, Louisa County reports that median household earnings sit near $77,354, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Louisa County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,165 students), Columbus Community High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Columbus Community Junior High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Columbus Community High School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbus Community High School has changed only slightly, going from 221 students in 2018 to 220 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 71% to 55%.

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