Columbia MS Hill Campus

Columbia MS Hill Campus is a micro-enrollment middle-grades school in Columbia, Pennsylvania, run under Columbia Borough SD. The school instructs 202 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 594 students each, so Columbia MS Hill Campus sits 66% below that benchmark.

Columbia Borough SD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,312 students. Columbia MS Hill Campus is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Columbia MS Hill Campus shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 36% White, 10% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Lancaster County as a whole is about 12% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lancaster County indicate the typical household earns roughly $86,959 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Columbia MS Hill Campus is one of 114 public schools in Lancaster County (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students).

Nearest neighbor: Columbia HS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.