Columbia Senior High School

Grades: 9-12
Students: 1930
Type: Public
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 13:1
Student-Counselor Ratio: 163:1
Certified Teachers: 94%
Community Reviews
17 Reviews
Additional GreatSchools Ratings
8/10
Test Scores
3/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
6/10
College Readiness
NA
Student Growth

Community Reviews

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Read what parents are saying about Columbia Senior High School
This school educates critical thinkers. Because it is socioeconomically and racially diverse, it also teaches it students how to get along with and work productively with those who are different from themselves. We have seen its graduates, go out into the world and leave interesting, productive live
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Posted by a parent on 10/8/2025
As a former graduate of this school district, it is a far fall from where it used to be. The district is over crowded, constantly being sued over teachers having relationships with students, and a special education department in shambles. We needed to have a lawyer call and threaten with a lawsuit j
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Posted by a parent on 5/5/2025
For the academically minded, Columbia is rigorous, diverse and inclusive. The top level courses here are taught by excellent teachers. My husband and I attended top level colleges (one ranked in top ten in the world) and we believe our son is getting an education of a very high standard
Posted by a parent on 5/22/2018
My three kids graduated from CHS. Not only is it academically rigorous (my husband and I have ivy degrees, so we feel we can assess this pretty well) but it is also a place where all sorts of kids thrive: artists, filmmakers, robotics teams, journalists, math geeks, dancers, jazz musicians, athletes
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Posted by a parent on 11/18/2015
While there are many positive aspects to my son's experience at this school (2010 graduate), we made the decision to move out prior to our daughter starting her freshman year. We were paying very high taxes and for that expected an excellent school. If you ask the teachers themselves, they will tell
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Posted by a parent on 3/12/2013

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Maplewood schools - Columbia Senior High School is located at 17 Parker Avenue, Maplewood NJ 07040. Columbia Senior High School is in the South Orange-Maplewood School District. Columbia Senior High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9-12.

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