Columbia Central High School

Located at 11775 HEWITT RD, in BROOKLYN, Michigan, Columbia Central High School is a moderately sized four-year high school that teaches 637 students (grades 7 through 12), overseen by Columbia School District. That puts it 38% above the typical public school in Michigan, which averages around 460 students.

Columbia Central High School is one of 4 schools operated by Columbia School District, a district that enrolls 1,428 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Columbia Central High School reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Jackson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Columbia Central High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jackson County put median household earnings sit near $66,073, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Columbia Central High School is one of 68 public schools in Jackson County (combined enrollment of about 21,681 students).

Columbia Upper Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Columbia Central High School comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbia Central High School has expanded 6%, going from 600 students in 2018 to 637 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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