Columbia High School

787 Maple St, Burbank, WA 99323 | (509) 545-8573

Grades: 9-12
Student Enrollment: 324

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3 out of 5 | 2 Reviews

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School Description

School Summary and Highlights

Enrolls 324 high school students from grades 9-12
Ranks 199th out of 322 high schools in WA.

Additional Contact Information

Mailing Address: 787 Maple Street, Burbank, WA 99323

School Operational Details

Title I Eligible

School District Details

Columbia (Walla Walla) School District
Per-Pupil Spending: $8,836
Graduation Rate: 69.3%
Dropout Rate: 5.5%
Students Per Teacher: 18.1
Enrolled Students: 918

Faculty Details and Student Enrollment

Students and Faculty

Total Students Enrolled: 324
Total Full Time "Equivalent" Teachers: 16.9
Average Student-To-Teacher Ratio: 19.2

Students Gender Breakdown

Males: 177 (54.6%)
Females: 147 (45.4%)

Free Lunch Student Eligibility Breakdown

Eligible for Reduced Lunch: 31 (9.6%)
Eligible for Free Lunch: 84 (25.9%)
Eligible for Either Reduced or Free Lunch: 115 (35.5%)

Student Enrollment Distribution by Race / Ethnicity

Columbia High School Student Race Distribution

	Number	Percent
American Indian	4	1.2%
Black	4	1.2%
Asian	3	0.9%
Hispanic	65	20.1%
White	248	76.5%

Number of Students Per Grade

	Number	Percent
9th Grade	99	30.6%
10th Grade	76	23.5%
11th Grade	68	21.0%
12th Grade	81	25.0%

Source: WA Department of Education, Source: NCES 2009-2010

School Ratings and Reviews

Overall Rating: 3

3 out of 5 | 2 Reviews

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2 reviews for Columbia High School

Reviewed by Parent/Guardian on July 22, 2010
Rating: (5 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
I loved going to school in this small town. My graduating class was only 60 kids and it was nice to be able to be friends with everyone in the class. My teachers were excellent and I am still in contact with some of them.
The comment above mentioned the writing expectations. I even loved those. There were NOT that many dropouts due to the writing expectations and there were so many chances to write essays or fix minor problems in essays that it wasn't that big of a deal for most of us.

Reviewed by Former Student on May 03, 2009
Rating: (1 / 5) Flag as inappropriate
Had some very good teachers in which i learned a lot, but being a very small school, they were able to do ANYTHING they wanted to without people able to do much. Thy have a writing expectations in which you have to PASS 9 essays, and if you don't reach the goal you don't graduate, these essays were very strenuous and caused many drop-outs or failures where if they went to any other HS in the state they could have graduated. These essays also do nothing for college because they are taught to Burbank's standard, and are not recognized by any University in the country. I had to completely re-learn how to write an essay upon entering college.

Test Scores and Performance Information

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The overall school rating shows that Columbia High School performed on average about the same as other schools across the state on HSPE state exams in the following subjects:

Math
Reading
Science
Writing

HSPE - Test Proficiency by Grade and Subject

Grade 10 - % of students at or above proficiency

	School	District	State
Math Test
2010	41.4%	41.4%	41.7%
2009	32.9%	32.9%	45.4%

Reading Test
2010	81.9%	81.9%	78.9%
2009	77.6%	77.6%	81.2%

Science Test
2010	38.0%	38.0%	44.8%
2009	34.8%	34.8%	38.8%

Writing Test
2010	84.1%	84.1%	86.0%
2009	87.9%	87.9%	86.7%

Source: WA Department of Education 2009-2010

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