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Columbia High School
Columbia High School is a public high school in Columbia CUSD 4, serving grades 9 - 12 in Columbia, Monroe County, Illinois. In the 2025 Illinois Report Card (2024-25 school year), the Illinois State Board of Education designated it Exemplary, the same designation it received in 2023 and 2024.
State designation, last three report cards
- 2023Exemplary
- 2024Exemplary
- 2025Exemplary
What Exemplary means: Performance in the top 10 percent of Illinois schools on the state's accountability index, with no student group performing at or below the level of the lowest 5 percent of schools.
How it compares with other Monroe County high schools
| Measure | This school | County median | Diff. |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELA proficiency | 66.7% | Not enough data | n/a |
| Math proficiency | 64.5% | Not enough data | n/a |
| Chronic absenteeism | 6.2% | Not enough data | n/a |
| Average class size | 19.5 | Not enough data | n/a |
| Low-income enrollment | 14.6% | Not enough data | n/a |
Median of other high schools in Monroe County with reported data, this school excluded, not weighted by enrollment. Proficiency is from the 2024-25 state tests. Illinois changed its proficiency cut scores in 2025, so these percentages cannot be compared with earlier years.
What stands out
- No measure differs from the county median for this school type by 5 points or more.
Before you buy for this school
- Confirm the attendance boundary for the exact address with Columbia CUSD 4. Boundaries change, and a listing's school field is not a guarantee.
- Visit. A designation summarizes test results, growth and attendance. It does not describe a classroom.
- Read the full report card for student-group results, growth and staffing.
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Other schools in Columbia CUSD 4
- Columbia Middle School Commendable
- Eagleview Elementary School Exemplary
- Parkview Elementary School Exemplary
Sources
- Illinois Report Card: Columbia High School
- ISBE Report Card Public Data Sets, 2023, 2024 and 2025, retrieved 2026-10-06
- ISBE 2025 Report Card Glossary (designation definitions)
This page reports state-published data. It is not a rating or recommendation by Single Tree Team.
