Columbia High School
Maplewood, NJ · High School · Grades 9-12
Columbia High School is a high school in Maplewood, NJ with 1,930 students enrolled and a 73% proficiency rate. Part of South Orange-Maplewood School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Columbia High School is a high school located in Maplewood, New Jersey. The school serves 1,930 students in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 73% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 91% graduation rate.
15% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Columbia High School is part of the South Orange-Maplewood School District in New Jersey.
How This School Compares
Columbia High School has 1,930 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in South Orange-Maplewood School District (656 students). Its 73% proficiency rate is 8 percentage points above the district average of 65%. Compared to the New Jersey state average of 56%, the school performs 17 points higher. With a 12.9:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Columbia High School has 1,930 students enrolled in grades 9-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 73% of students at Columbia High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Columbia High School has a 91% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Columbia High School is part of the South Orange-Maplewood School District in Maplewood, New Jersey. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.