Columbia Center
1103 N Neil St, Champaign, IL, 61820-3030 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Columbia Center
School Level High school
School Type Special education school
Grades Offered Grades 6 - 12
County Champaign County, IL
Students & Faculty
Total Students 58 students
% Male / % Female 66%  /  34%
Total Classroom Teachers 11 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 6 - 1 students
Grade 7 - 4 students
Grade 8 - 15 students
Grade 9 - 25 students
Grade 10 - 4 students
Grade 11 - 4 students
Grade 12 - 5 students
This School
(IL) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:5 1:16
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(IL) School Average
% American Indian n/a n/a
% Asian 2% 2%
% Hispanic n/a 10%
% Black 88% 19%
% White 10% 66%
Additional Student Information
This School
(IL) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 84% 22%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 10% 4%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(IL) Statewide Testing Performance
School Statewide Performance View Education Department Test Scores
School District:
School District Name Champaign Community Unit 4 School District
This School's Agency
(IL) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 18 3
Number of Students Managed 9,248 students 984 students
District Total Revenue $84,410,000 $9,428,000
District Expenditure $88,473,000 $9,311,000
District Revenue / Student $9,127 $9,581
District Expenditure / Student $9,567 $9,462
District Graduation Rates 82% 92%
In the News:
  • B.T. Washington School students may move midyear (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on August 25, 2009 at 11:31:08 am
    CHAMPAIGN – Students at Champaign's Booker T. Washington Elementary School could move out of the building and into Columbia Center by midyear so that their school can be rebuilt.
  • Decree plaintiffs: Info on Savoy school, Columbia relevant (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on July 22, 2009 at 01:13:21 pm
    CHAMPAIGN – Evidence relating to the closed Columbia Center and a planned school in Savoy is relevant to whether the Champaign school district has complied with its consent decree obligations, plaintiffs in the case say. Attorneys representing the district's black families filed responses Monday to the district's request to bar evidence related to Columbia Center and the Savoy school at an Aug. ...
  • Majority of Champaign consent decree now terminated (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on July 16, 2009 at 01:10:09 pm
    CHAMPAIGN – The Champaign school district's consent decree has been terminated for all areas other than three in which the plaintiffs in the case are seeking an extension. The consent decree, which aims to eliminate unwarranted racial disparities in a number of areas, including student achievement, was scheduled to expire June 30. The federal judge overseeing the case previously suspended its ...
  • Judge terminates most of Champaign consent decree (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on July 15, 2009 at 11:24:39 pm
    CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign school district’s consent decree has been terminated for all areas other than three in which the plaintiffs in the case are seeking an extension.
  • Champaign schools' budget formula aims for equal payouts (The Champaign News-Gazette)
    posted on May 9, 2009 at 01:45:32 pm
    CHAMPAIGN – Next year's building budgets for Centennial and Central high schools will be determined, for the first time, by a formula developed by the district to ensure money is allocated fairly. The formula, similar to an approach already being used for the elementary and middle schools, takes into account the number of students in each school, as well as the number in honors classes and ...
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (61820)
School Zip (61820)
(IL) State Average
Population (Approximate) 33,624 people 12,207,380 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 50% 24%
Population Average Age 22 years old 33 years old
Average Household size 2.1 persons 2.6 persons
Median Household Income $19,591 $46,557
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4.1 rooms 5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 41 years old 49 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (61820)


Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 26% / 74% 62% / 38%
School Map:
1. R E A D Y High School - 84 students - 0.7 mi. away - view location
2. R E A D Y Middle School - n/a - 0.7 mi. away - view location
3. Central High School - 1334 students - 0.8 mi. away - view location
4. University Of Illinois High School - 306 students - 1.4 mi. away - view location
5. Centennial High School - 1485 students - 2.4 mi. away - view location
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