Columbia High School (New Jersey)

Columbia High School
Address
Map
17 Parker Avenue

, ,
07040

United States
Coordinates40°44′08″N 74°15′58″W / 40.73556°N 74.26611°W / 40.73556; -74.26611
Information
TypePublic high school
Motto"Excelsior"
Established1814; 210 years ago (1814)
1885
School districtSouth Orange-Maplewood School District
NCES School ID341533002422[1]
PrincipalFrank Sanchez
Faculty150.4 FTEs[1]
Grades912
Enrollment1,930 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.8:1[1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Red   and
Black  [2]
Athletics conferenceSuper Essex Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameCougars[2]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
NewspaperColumbian[4]
YearbookMirror[4]
Websitewww.somsd.k12.nj.us/columbia/

Columbia High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school in Maplewood, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It serves students in ninth through twelfth grades, as the lone secondary school of the South Orange-Maplewood School District, which includes Maplewood and neighboring South Orange. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928; its accreditation expires in July 2025.[3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,930 students and 150.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. There were 247 students (12.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 46 (2.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Columbia High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NJSIAAprofile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Columbia High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 1, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Clubs, Columbia High School. Accessed March 10, 2022.