Columbia High School
973-762-5600
Columbia High School (CHS) has students from South Orange and Maplewood. Dr. Lovie Lilly is the principal. Famous grads (and inductees to the CHS Hall of Fame) include Lauryn Hill ('93), Elisabeth Shue ('81), Andrew Shue ('85) and Paul Auster ('65). School statistics are taken from the state Department of Education's school report card for 2006-2007.
One of the most recent improvements to the school was converting the industrial arts section in the B-wing into a Black Box Theater used by the school's Parnassian Society for theater productions. Columbia competes in the Iron Hills Conference and is historically strong in soccer and track and field.
- Fax: 973-378-7607
- Hours: First period: 7:30am; Dismissal: 3:01 pm; There's a conference period from 3:01pm to 3:28pm.
- Handicap Accessible: An elevator runs to the upper floors.
- Number of students: 1999
- Male-to-female ratio: 974:1,025
- Public/Private: Public
- Graduation rate (%): 95.8
- Accreditation/licenses: It is licensed by the state.
- Student-to-teacher ratio: 13:1
- Parking: Free lot
- Number of faculty: 153.4
- Grade levels: 9 - 12
- Boarding: No
- Special education: Yes
- Uniforms: No
- Features: Auditorium/stage, Cafeteria, Computer lab, Infirmary, Language lab, Library, Science lab, Sports facilities
- Advanced placement courses: Yes
- Extracurricular activities available: All-School Musical, Biology Team, Brass Ensemble, Chess Team, Color Guard, Columbia Singers, The Columbian (school newspaper), Future Business Leaders, Guildscript (literary magazine), Jazz Ensemble, Junior State of America, Library Aides, Marching Band.
- Student clubs: Animation Club, Art Club, Astronomy, Designers Club, Fisherman's Club, Guitar and Songwriting Club, Martin Luther King Association, Musical Diversity Club, Spectrum (Gay-Straight Alliance).
- Sports teams: Cheerleading, baseball, cross county, boys, basketball, lacrosse, field hockey, fencing, softball, football, indoor track, tennis, boys - varsity, JV, freshman gymnastics, indoor track, swimming, soccer, wrestling
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