High · Washington
Columbia Junior High School
Columbia Junior High School, a public high school in Tacoma, Washington: grades 8–9, 619 students, 20.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fife School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high 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
- 619
- Teachers (FTE)
- 29.8
- Students per teacher
- 20.8
- Grades
- 8–9
- High
More students per teacher than 60% of high schools in Washington
Median 20.0 · 501 schools compared
More students per teacher than 85% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 68% of high schools in Washington
Median 249 · 604 schools compared
Larger than 62% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Washington's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Washington: 51%48%proficient
+4.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 51% of high schools in Washington
Median 48% · 53 high schools compared
310 students tested, grades 8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Washington: 44%30%proficient
+7.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 64% of high schools in Washington
Median 35% · 50 high schools compared
311 students tested, grades 8 · SBAC; proficient means Levels 3-4
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
- High · Grades 8–9
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- Fife School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fife School District.
Location
- Address
- 2901 54th Avenue E, Tacoma, WA 98424
- Phone
- (253)517-1600
- City or town
- Fife
- County
- Pierce County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10–12 | 885 | 22.8 | |
Fife Open DoorsAlternative | 10–12 | 25 | — |
| 9–12 | 110 | 10.0 | |
| 10–12 | 1,815 | 24.5 | |
Todd Beamer High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,412 | 21.5 |
E B Walker High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all | 8–12 | 120 | 11.8 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. 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 v3.1.
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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