Columbus Junior High and High School

Columbus Junior High and High School is a 9-12 campus of average-sized scale in Columbus, Kansas, operated by Columbus, caters to 438 students in grades 7 through 12.

Columbus Junior High and High School is one of 4 schools operated by Columbus, a district that hosts 1,130 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Columbus Junior High and High School logs that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 7% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Columbus Junior High and High School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.9:1 average. An estimated 55% 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, Columbus Junior High and High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.7%; this one delivers 25.8%.

Across the wider county, Cherokee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $57,668 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Columbus Junior High and High School is one of 17 public schools in Cherokee County (combined enrollment of about 3,647 students).

Highland Elem is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Columbus Junior High and High School. On composite proficiency, Columbus Junior High and High School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 52%: 289 students in 2018 compared to 438 in 2025.

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