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Columbus School District

Columbus, Wisconsin · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

1,123
Students enrolled
4
Public schools
89
Classroom teachers (FTE)
12.6:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 68
  • Kindergarten 66
  • Grade 1 63
  • Grade 2 78
  • Grade 3 69
  • Grade 4 77
  • Grade 5 77
  • Grade 6 87
  • Grade 7 72
  • Grade 8 82
  • Grade 9 109
  • Grade 10 106
  • Grade 11 82
  • Grade 12 87

By race/ethnicity

  • White 83%
  • Hispanic/Latino 10%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Black or African American 2%
  • Asian 1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

29% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 326 of 1,120 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 25%
  • Reduced-price lunch 5%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$15,320 spent per student on day-to-day operations Wisconsin median: $15,562 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,644
  • Support services $6,581
  • Other (food service, etc.) $96

Where the money comes from

  • Local 47%
  • State 43%
  • Federal 10%

Total revenue $23.5 milliontotal spending $20.9 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: Distant

Total staff (FTE)

162

District office

200 W School St, Columbus WI 53925

County

Columbia County

Official website

NCES District ID

5502820

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About Columbus School District

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Columbus School District is committed to offering students a top-notch, comprehensive education that ensures graduates are provided with the knowledge and skills they will need for success in the future. The district is comprised of Columbus Elementary School, Discovery Charter School, Columbus Middle School, Columbus High School and several four-year-old kindergarten sites, each of which serves students in Columbia, Dodge, and Dane Counties in south central Wisconsin. With its outstanding staff, connections with the community and strong partnerships with parents, the Columbus schools are committed to advancing the school district's mission: Students will be academically prepared to make informed life and career decisions as caring and responsible citizens.
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