Columbia HS

Columbia HS is a 9-12 campus of small scale in Columbia, Pennsylvania, part of Columbia Borough SD, teacheing 397 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Columbia HS sits 46% leaner than that benchmark.

Columbia HS is one of 4 schools operated by Columbia Borough SD, a district that enrolls 1,312 students overall.

Demographically, Columbia HS logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 37% Hispanic, 12% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Columbia HS is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

Columbia MS Hill Campus is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Columbia HS.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Columbia HS has rose 8%, going from 367 students in 2018 to 397 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 56% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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