Columbus School

Set in LODI, New Jersey, Columbus School is a close-knit elementary school, operated by Lodi School District. It enrolls 265 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 405.

Lodi School District comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,082 students; Columbus School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Columbus School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 8% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at Columbus School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Columbus School sits in the top 10% of New Jersey schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 33.3%; actual is 53.7%, +20.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Columbus School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Lodi High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Columbus School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Columbus School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.8%.

Columbus School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Columbus School's enrollment has edged up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 248 (now 265). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 30% to 22%.

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