Middle · Nebraska

Columbus Middle School

Columbus Middle School, a public middle school in Columbus, Nebraska: grades 5–8, 1,166 students, 15.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Columbus Public Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
1,166
Teachers (FTE)
74.4
Students per teacher
15.7
Grades
5–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 80% of middle schools in Nebraska

Median 13.5 · 143 schools compared

More students per teacher than 60% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 99% of middle schools in Nebraska

Median 386 · 143 schools compared

Larger than 96% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Nebraska's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Nebraska: 59%

36%proficient

A lower share proficient than 93% of middle schools in Nebraska

Median 64% · 118 middle schools compared

1,157 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3

Math

Nebraska: 58%

44%proficient

A lower share proficient than 83% of middle schools in Nebraska

Median 65% · 109 middle schools compared

1,157 students tested, grades 5, 6, 7, 8 · Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS); proficient means Levels 2-3

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Middle · Grades 5–8
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Area
Remote town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Columbus Public Schools.

Location

Address
2200 26TH St, Columbus, NE 68602
Phone
(402)563-7060
City or town
Columbus

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
7–815221.959%60%
Schuyler Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–840013.541%36%
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6–8396.5——

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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