COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL

COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL, a sprawling four-year high school in EAST GREENBUSH, New York, operated by EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 1,272 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% bigger than the state mean of about 668.

EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,085 students. COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL lists that 76% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Black, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL logs 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Rensselaer County's rate of about 46%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 66.0%; this one delivers 91.8%, a residual of +25.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Rensselaer County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $87,915 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rensselaer County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: RED MILL SCHOOL, around 1.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 56.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 1,300 students in 2018 to 1,272 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 82% to 76%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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