COLUMBUS H S

COLUMBUS H S is a four-year high school of modestly sized scale in COLUMBUS, Texas, run under COLUMBUS ISD, hosting 524 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

COLUMBUS ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,659 students. COLUMBUS H S is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COLUMBUS H S records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 46% White, 7% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, COLUMBUS H S logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting COLUMBUS H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 51% of students at COLUMBUS H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Colorado County's rate of about 64%.

With demographic context factored in, COLUMBUS H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.8%; this one delivers 63.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Colorado County shows median household income runs about $66,377, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Colorado County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,697 students), of which COLUMBUS H S is one.

COLUMBUS J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around COLUMBUS H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COLUMBUS H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 11%: 470 students in 2018 compared to 524 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 34% to 46% over that span.

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