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Columbia Schools
Columbia is a public school district in Florida, based in Columbia County (Lake City). SchoolGrade grades 17 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Columbia on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Columbia
14 of 17 schools in Columbia carry a SchoolGrade (3 have no school-level proficiency results in our source data). Grade distribution:
A: 2B: 4C: 3D: 5
Best schools in Columbia
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Belmont Academy (K-12 school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Westside Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- B- Pinemount Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B- Eastside Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- B- Fort White High School (High school, meets expectations)
- B- Richardson Sixth Grade Academy (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- C+ Lake City Middle School (Middle school, meets expectations)
- C Columbia High School (High school, meets expectations)
- C- Columbia City Elementary School (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
- D+ Fort White Elementary School (Elementary school, underperforms expectations)
Every school in Columbia
High schools (2)
- C Columbia High School, Lake City
- B- Fort White High School, Fort White
Middle and junior high schools (1)
- C+ Lake City Middle School, Lake City
Elementary and primary schools (9)
- C- Columbia City Elementary School, Lake City
- B- Eastside Elementary School, Lake City
- D- Five Points Elementary School, Lake City
- D+ Fort White Elementary School, Fort White
- D+ Melrose Park Elementary School, Lake City
- Niblack Elementary School, Lake City
- B- Pinemount Elementary School, Lake City
- D Summers Elementary School, Lake City
- A- Westside Elementary School, Lake City
Other schools and academies (5)
- A+ Belmont Academy, Lake City
- Columbia Virtual Instruction Program District Provided, Lake City
- D- Pathways Academy, Lake City
- PREK Ese, Lake City
- B- Richardson Sixth Grade Academy, Lake City
Where Columbia schools are
Cities and towns served (2)
- Lake City (15)
- Fort White (2)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Florida
- County: Columbia County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: distant town (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 9,785 students with 546 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,329 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 1200360
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
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Questions about Columbia
How many schools are in Columbia?
SchoolGrade grades 17 public schools in Columbia, across 2 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Columbia serve?
The largest by graded schools: Lake City, Fort White.
How good are the schools in Columbia?
Across the 14 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C, with 51.7% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 43.5%. 64% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Columbia?
9,785 students were enrolled in Columbia in the 2023-24 school year, about 17.9 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Columbia?
Columbia is in Florida, based in Columbia County, with its district office in Lake City. Its boundary covers about 797 sq mi.