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Columbia High School, Lake City, FL

CEP schoolColumbia High School is a public high school in Lake City, part of Columbia County Public Schools. It enrolled 1,711 students in 2024-25, with 23.1 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,711
Teachers (FTE)
74.0
Students per teacher
23.1
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is 5.0 higher than the district figure of 18.1. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school23.1
District18.1
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
469 SE Fighting Tiger Dr, Lake City, FL 32025
County
Columbia County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Distant
NCES school ID
120036000358
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
706
Reduced-price lunch
61
Free or reduced-price lunch
76744.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
706Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Columbia County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.