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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,272
High
DISTRICT 584 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360963000731
COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL
962 LUTHER RD, EAST GREENBUSH, NY 12061 · (518) 207-2010 · Rensselaer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL1,272 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
98 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
310 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
95.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
86.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 26 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,272
-28 (-2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.4:1
% White
76%
was 82%
% Hispanic
8%
was 6%
% Black
4%
was 3%
% Asian
7%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
In the discussion threads here, members of the COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Rensselaer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,332
Census ACS
Median income
$87,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
19,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOLMiddle · 948 students
- CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOLElementary · 493 students
- RED MILL SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- GREEN MEADOW SCHOOLElementary · 345 students
- BELL TOP SCHOOLElementary · 304 students
- DONALD P SUTHERLAND SCHOOLElementary · 250 students
Other schools in EAST GREENBUSH
- HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOLMiddle · 948 students
- CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOLElementary · 493 students
Nearby schools
- RED MILL SCHOOL1.7 mi · 473
- CITIZEN EDMOND GENET SCHOOL1.9 mi · 493
- VAN RENSSELAER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 487
- RENSSELAER JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 462
- HOWARD L GOFF SCHOOL2.7 mi · 948
- BELL TOP SCHOOL3.0 mi · 304
Frequently asked questions
About COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL?
COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,272 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL?
At COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST GREENBUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.