| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Columbia County, FL |
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| Total Students |
1925 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
49% /
51% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
99 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Pre-K - 2 students | | Grade 9 - 659 students | | Grade 10 - 449 students | | Grade 11 - 449 students | | Grade 12 - 366 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:19 |
1:19 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
1% |
2% |
| % Hispanic |
4% |
18% |
| % Black |
26% |
26% |
| % White |
68% |
52% |
| % Unknown |
1 % |
1% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
31% |
26% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
9% |
6% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Columbia County School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
15 |
24 |
| Number of Students Managed |
11,348 students |
15,852 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$75,996,000 |
$150,286,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$76,093,000 |
$148,035,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$6,697 |
$9,481 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$6,705 |
$9,339 |
| District Graduation Rates |
91% |
90% |
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- Columbia High School (CHS) is a four-year public high school located in Lake City, Florida. The school's mascot is the Fighting Tigers and the colors are purple and gold. There were 1729 students and 98 teachers in 2006
- Extra curricular activities at the school include the Academy of Graphic Design, Athletics, Band, Color Guard,a chapter of Future Farmers of america in 1969, 1998 & 2003; made it to the Quarter-Finals in 1975, 1982, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1999, 2001 & 2002.
- On January 12, 2008, Coach Craig Howard was hired as the Tigers' new head football coach. Howard gained notoriety as the head football coach of 2005 State Champion Allen D. Nease Senior High School, a team then led by 2007 Heisman trophy-winning, University of Florida quarterback Tim Tebow. Unfortunately, success didn't follow him, as the team went 4-6, Columbia's first losing season since 1992.
- Basketball
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Columbia High School won the Boys Basketball Class B championship in 1947, defeating Pompano Beach High School by a score of 37-26 in a game played at Seabreeze High School in Daytona Beach, Florida, a team that future NFL star Pat Summerall played on.
- Track
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The Boys' Track team, led by senior Robert Cooper, won the 2002 Class 3A State Championship, defeating Flagler-Palm Coast High School (Bunnell) 41-36 in a meet held at Coral Springs High School in Coral Springs, Florida.
- Weightlifting
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Columbia High School has won the Florida state Class 6A weightlifting championships on three occasions. They defeated Lake Brantley High School (Altamonte Springs, Florida) 36-18 in 1996; lost to Lake Brantley 46-21 in 1997; and then rebounded for two consecutive wins in 1998 and 1999, defeating Lake Brantley both times by final scores of 49-26 and 30-29, resepctively.
- Swimming
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The Columbia High School Swim Team participates in swim competition during the fall season between the months of September-November. The team is coached by Drew Sloan and Mary Kay Mathis. Sloan is a graduate of Columbia High School (CHS) where he played football for the Tigers. Mathis was a swimmer her whole life. During her high school years she swam for the Bolles School Sharks in Jacksonville. Collegiately she swam for the Louisiana State University Tigers. The team accepts and encourages tryouts from all students. For the past three years the team has sent numerous athletes to the State Competition. To reach the state level, swimmers must first advance through district and regional qualifying meets. At the end of the season the team hosts a banquet where various awards and prizes are handed out to the athletes based on their achievements.
- Notable alumni
- Jerome Carter, NFL strong safety for the St. Louis Rams. At Columbia, Carter was named the top player in the state by The Gainesville Sun, and the Class 5A Player of the Year by the Florida Association of Coaches.
- Kendyll Pope, former NFL linebacker who played for the Indianapolis Colts. At Columbia, Pope was selected for the USA Today All-American first team and as a Parade All-American.
- Pat Summerall, an All-State selection in football and basketball for Columbia High School in the 1940s and the 1946 individual state tennis runner-up. Went on to play 10 seasons in the NFL for the then-Chicago Cardinals and the New York Giants, before starting his career as a broadcaster.
- Reinard Wilson was an American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals 14th overall in the 1997 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.
- Yatil Green was an American football wide receiver at the University of Miami, then was selected by the Miami Dolphins in the 1st round (15th overall pick) of the 1997 NFL Draft.
- External links
- School website
- Columbia County Schools website
- Columbia High School page at Great Schools Web site
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (32025) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
16,084 people |
15,366,089 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
21% |
27% |
| Population Average Age |
39 years old
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37 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.4 persons
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2.3 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$31,941
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$38,396 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
5.2 rooms |
5.0 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
32 years old |
32 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
69% / 31% |
67% / 33% |
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