COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL

COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized 9-12 campuss in NEW YORK, New York, one of the schools within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, with 714 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12.

Within NEW YORK CITY GEOGRAPHIC DISTRICT # 5, which oversees 28 schools and 7,761 students, COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 35%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 25% White, 20% Black, 11% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, New York County as a whole is about 24% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against New York County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.6%; actual is 83.1%, +24.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, census data for New York County shows median household earnings sit near $103,931, about 64% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across New York County's 358 public schools (combined enrollment of about 152,104 students), COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PS 125 RALPH BUNCHE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 54.0%.

COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 703 (now 714). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked down from 41% to 35%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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