Columbia Middle School
Berkeley Hts, NJ · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Columbia Middle School is a middle school in Berkeley Hts, NJ with 560 students enrolled and a 74% proficiency rate. Part of Berkeley Heights School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
About This School
Columbia Middle School is a middle school located in Berkeley Hts, New Jersey. The school serves 560 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 74% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Columbia Middle School is part of the Berkeley Heights School District in New Jersey.
How This School Compares
Columbia Middle School has 560 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Berkeley Heights School District (412 students). Its 74% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points above the district average of 71%. Compared to the New Jersey state average of 56%, the school performs 18 points higher. With a 10.8:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Columbia Middle School has 560 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 10.8:1.
According to EDFacts data, 74% of students at Columbia Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Columbia Middle School is part of the Berkeley Heights School District in Berkeley Hts, 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.