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Columbus School District

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Columbus School District is located in south Wisconsin. Columbus School District has 133.04 square miles of land area and 0.67 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Columbus School District population is 7,809. Columbus School District median household income is $60,994 in 2010-2014. Columbus School District median house value is $180,800 in 2010-2014. On average, Columbus School District is much better than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (31 out of 376, top 8%) Elementary/Middle School: (126 out of 412, top 31%)* Rank: #87
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	4
Population	7,809 (2010-2014), rank #178
Population Growth	0.88% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	58.40/sq mi, rank #219
Median Household Income:	$60,994 at 2010-2014—8.81% increase since 2005-2009, rank #125
Median House Price:	$180,800 at 2010-2014—-3.00% increase since 2005-2009, rank #135
Time Zone:	Central GMT -6:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	133.04 sq mi, rank #159
Water Area:	0.67 sq mi (0.50%), rank #260
State:	Wisconsin
County:	Columbia County, Dane County, Dodge County
City:	Columbus, Fall River, Rio, Sun Prairie, Marshall, Beaver Dam, Reeseville, Waterloo
Zip:	53925, 53932, 53960, 53590, 53559, 53916, 53579, 53594
Area:	Madison, WI;Beaver Dam, WI

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Columbus School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

200 West School St

Columbus WI, 53925, Columbia County

Phone: 920-623-5950

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,256	1,205	1,193	1,183	1,192	1,185	1,139
English Language Learner Students:	35	31	27	28	40	46	29
Total Teachers:	83.29	82.71	81.54	87.26	90.71	91.80	86.80
Prekindergarten:	5.50	5.25	4.50	4.50	4.50	3.50	1.00
Kindergarten:	5.00	5.00	6.00	5.00	5.00	5.00	4.00
Elementary:	33.03	31.61	29.04	32.72	33.74	34.40	35.10
Secondary:	39.76	40.73	42.00	45.04	47.47	48.90	46.70
Ungraded:	0.00	0.12	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Other Staff:	68.49	65.14	65.37	66.94	65.69	66.80	66.20
Instructional Aides:	13.25	12.00	13.00	13.00	12.36	12.70	13.30
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	1.64	0.64	0.64	1.19	0.84	1.40	1.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	2.50	2.00	2.00	3.50	3.50	3.70	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	0.50	0.50	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.50	1.70	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50	2.50
District Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.95	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	3.85	3.85	3.85	3.85	3.85	3.90	3.90
School Administrators:	3.00	3.00	3.00	3.10	3.40	3.70	3.70
School Administrative Support:	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	7.00	5.30
Student Support Services:	9.58	8.86	9.09	7.04	8.27	7.60	7.80
Other Support Services:	20.17	20.29	19.29	21.81	19.97	20.30	20.20
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.08	14.57	14.63	13.56	13.14	12.91	13.12

Schools

Columbus Elementary	Prekindergarten to Grade 3	200 Fuller St, Columbus WI 53925
Columbus High	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1164 Farnham St, Columbus WI 53925
Columbus Middle	Grade 4 to Grade 8	400 South Dickason Blvd, Columbus WI 53925
Discovery Charter School	Kindergarten to Grade 3	200 Fuller St, Columbus WI 53925

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
WKCE Test
2006	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	79%	70%
2007	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	84%	71%
2008	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	87%	73%
2009	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	83%	73%
2010	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	77%	71%
2011	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	82%	74%
2012	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	86%	73%
2013	Language Arts	10th Grade	% met std	76%	76%
2006	Math	10th Grade	% met std	85%	70%
2007	Math	10th Grade	% met std	87%	70%
2008	Math	10th Grade	% met std	87%	72%
2009	Math	10th Grade	% met std	78%	72%
2010	Math	10th Grade	% met std	73%	73%
2011	Math	10th Grade	% met std	82%	74%
2012	Math	10th Grade	% met std	88%	74%
2013	Math	10th Grade	% met std	41%	47%
2006	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90%	74%
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89%	74%
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	76%
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	90%	77%
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	87%	78%
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	89%	77%
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	93%	80%
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% met std	46%	40%
2006	Science	10th Grade	% met std	83%	70%
2007	Science	10th Grade	% met std	88%	72%
2008	Science	10th Grade	% met std	90%	75%
2009	Science	10th Grade	% met std	88%	74%
2010	Science	10th Grade	% met std	83%	73%
2011	Science	10th Grade	% met std	88%	76%
2012	Science	10th Grade	% met std	90%	75%
2013	Science	10th Grade	% met std	84%	78%
2006	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	84%	74%
2007	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	88%	76%
2008	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	79%
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	87%	78%
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	84%	77%
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	92%	82%
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	90%	78%
2013	Social Studies	10th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	66%	71%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92%	75%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	74%	78%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	77%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	84%	75%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	82%	78%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	58%	50%
2006	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	75%	79%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	81%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	77%	80%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	81%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	81%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	86%	81%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	40%	35%
2004	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2005	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	78%
2006	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	83%	78%
2007	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	77%	76%
2008	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2009	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86%	78%
2010	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2011	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	86%	77%
2012	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2013	Language Arts	4th Grade	% met std	76%	77%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% met std	75%	73%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65%	71%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	72%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% met std	79%	77%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	85%	78%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	82%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	83%	81%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	92%	81%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	87%	81%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	58%	50%
2004	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87%	81%
2005	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	84%	81%
2006	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2007	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	81%	81%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80%	82%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	94%	83%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	82%	83%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	90%	84%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	83%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	35%	33%
2004	Science	4th Grade	% met std	90%	80%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	78%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% met std	80%	77%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	77%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% met std	94%	77%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% met std	76%	79%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% met std	86%	79%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% met std	88%	79%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% met std	82%	79%
2004	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	91%	90%
2005	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	96%	91%
2006	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	94%	91%
2007	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	93%	91%
2008	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	96%	92%
2009	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	97%	92%
2010	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	87%	93%
2011	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	96%	92%
2012	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	98%	93%
2013	Social Studies	4th Grade	% met std	95%	92%
2006	Math	5th Grade	% met std	81%	71%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% met std	83%	74%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	84%	77%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	79%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	92%	79%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85%	80%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	63%	52%
2006	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86%	82%
2007	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	83%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	93%	85%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81%	82%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	94%	81%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	91%	85%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	45%	36%
2006	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	72%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% met std	79%	75%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% met std	81%	77%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% met std	78%	77%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% met std	83%	79%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% met std	88%	81%
2012	Math	6th Grade	% met std	84%	79%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% met std	50%	54%
2006	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2007	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	91%	84%
2008	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	92%	86%
2009	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	84%
2010	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	86%	84%
2011	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	95%	87%
2012	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	88%	84%
2013	Reading	6th Grade	% met std	43%	35%
2006	Math	7th Grade	% met std	79%	73%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% met std	85%	79%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% met std	80%	80%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% met std	86%	82%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% met std	94%	82%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% met std	50%	49%
2006	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2008	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	93%	86%
2009	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	92%	87%
2010	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	91%	87%
2011	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	85%	87%
2012	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	96%	86%
2013	Reading	7th Grade	% met std	39%	38%
2004	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	77%	67%
2005	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	73%	64%
2008	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	59%	64%
2009	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	70%	65%
2010	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	79%	66%
2011	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	72%	63%
2012	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	69%	66%
2013	Language Arts	8th Grade	% met std	78%	61%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	65%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% met std	78%	72%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% met std	77%	78%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% met std	87%	80%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% met std	90%	80%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% met std	83%	80%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% met std	86%	81%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% met std	59%	46%
2004	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	90%	79%
2005	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	89%	84%
2008	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	86%	86%
2009	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	94%	86%
2010	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	85%
2011	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	87%	88%
2012	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	88%	85%
2013	Reading	8th Grade	% met std	56%	42%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79%	69%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89%	73%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% met std	81%	76%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% met std	79%	78%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% met std	89%	79%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% met std	87%	82%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% met std	93%	79%
2004	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	84%
2005	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	83%
2008	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	84%	83%
2009	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	87%	83%
2010	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	82%
2011	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	90%	83%
2012	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	85%	82%
2013	Social Studies	8th Grade	% met std	92%	83%

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$14,689,000	$12,313		$15,366,000	$12,989		$14,697,000	$12,330
Federal:	$813,000	$681	5.5%	$1,045,000	$883	6.8%	$1,409,000	$1,182	9.6%
State:	$6,027,000	$5,052	41.0%	$6,682,000	$5,648	43.5%	$6,532,000	$5,480	44.4%
Local:	$7,849,000	$6,579	53.4%	$7,639,000	$6,457	49.7%	$6,756,000	$5,668	46.0%
Total Expenditures:	$13,690,000	$11,475		$15,973,000	$13,502		$14,329,000	$12,021
Total Current Expenditures:	$12,437,000	$10,425		$15,280,000	$12,916		$13,320,000	$11,174
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,627,000	$6,393	61.3%	$8,649,000	$7,311	56.6%	$8,518,000	$7,146	63.9%
Student and Staff Support:	$1,466,000	$1,229	11.8%	$1,689,000	$1,428	11.1%	$1,455,000	$1,221	10.9%
Administration:	$1,130,000	$947	9.1%	$2,631,000	$2,224	17.2%	$1,128,000	$946	8.5%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,214,000	$1,856	17.8%	$2,311,000	$1,954	15.1%	$2,219,000	$1,862	16.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$683,000	$573		$213,000	$180		$437,000	$367
Construction:	$375,000	$314		$52,000	$44		$92,000	$77
Total Other:	$105,000	$88		$121,000	$102		$126,000	$106
Interest on Debt:	$175,000	$147		$116,000	$98		$156,000	$131

Total Salary:	$6,403,000	$5,367		$6,917,000	$5,847		$6,696,000	$5,617
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$4,559,000	$3,821	71.2%	$4,971,000	$4,202	71.9%	$4,877,000	$4,091	72.8%
Other Salary:	$1,844,000	$1,546	28.8%	$1,946,000	$1,645	28.1%	$1,819,000	$1,526	27.2%
Total Benefit:	$3,305,000	$2,770		$4,202,000	$3,552		$3,832,000	$3,215
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$2,307,000	$1,934	69.8%	$2,945,000	$2,489	70.1%	$2,711,000	$2,274	70.7%
Other Benefit:	$998,000	$837	30.2%	$1,257,000	$1,063	29.9%	$1,121,000	$940	29.3%

* Columbus School District was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.