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Columbus East High School

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Columbus East High School ranks 216 th of 415 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

216^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 415 Indiana High Schools

Better than 48% of Indiana high schools

Summary

Columbus East High School is a 9–12 high school in Columbus, Indiana, enrolling 1,452 students as part of Bartholomew Con School Corp, making it one of the larger high schools in the area—second only to its cross-town peer Columbus North High School. It is currently a 2-star school, ranked 216th of 415 Indiana high schools in 2025–2026 (48th percentile), which places it below its own district (162nd of 374, 57th percentile, 3 stars). After a stronger 2021–2023 stretch at the 60th–61st percentile, East has held steady near the 48th percentile for three straight years.

There are real strengths. The graduation rate has climbed from 78.1% in 2021–2022 to 92.9% in 2024–2025, now above both the district (91.9%) and state (89.7%) and slightly ahead of Columbus North's 91.2%. SAT math is relatively competitive locally: East's 25.32% is above Jennings County High School, Seymour Senior High School, South Decatur Junior-Senior High School, Hauser Junior-Senior High School, and Southwestern High School, though below the district and Columbus North. Overall test results trail the district, especially in Biology ILEARN—28.28% at East in 2025–2026 versus 43.05% district-wide, and 27.46% versus 40.99% district and 45.6% state in 2024–2025. SAT reading/writing (46.43%) also sits below district (52.56%) and state (51.9%).

The biggest red flag is chronic absenteeism: 26.6% in 2024–2025, compared with 15.9% district and 16.7% state—roughly 10 points higher, and second locally only to Jennings County High School's 28.0%. Meanwhile, East spends more per student ($13,435) than any listed nearby school and has improved its student-teacher ratio to 14.9, nearly matching Columbus North's 14.8, while serving 39.53% low-income students. Results for student groups are mixed, with low-income students consistently in the bottom third. The defining local contrast remains Columbus North—2.36 miles away, in the same district, but a 4-star school at the 81st percentile. East's graduation rate is a genuine bright spot, but absenteeism and Biology proficiency are clear targets.

1,452

Students ?

14.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$13,435

Per pupil spending ?

39.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

230 S Marr Rd
Columbus, IN 47201

(812) 376-4369

District: Bartholomew Con School Corp

Feeder schools for Columbus East High School:

Elementary:	Clifty Creek Elementary School
	L F Smith Elementary
	Rockcreek Elementary School
	W D Richards Elementary School
Middle:	Northside Middle School

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.7%

Hispanic:

16.4%

Two or more races:

4.7%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 61st percentile in 2016 → 48th in 2026

Strengths

✓93% graduate in 4 years — above the Indiana average (90%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Indiana average (33% vs 39% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (27% vs 17% Indiana)

!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school33%

District avg42%

Indiana avg39%

216^th of 415

Indiana public high schools ?

Bottom 48%▼ down 13 pts since 2016

From top 39% (2016) to bottom 48% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2High Schools in the Bartholomew Con School Corp

162^nd of 374Bartholomew Con School Corp among Indiana districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	46.1	216 of 415	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	46.5	223 of 429	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	46.1	225 of 432	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	54.2	157 of 398	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	59.5	163 of 409	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	45.0	208 of 388	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.1	220 of 389	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.5	160 of 385	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2017	58.2	145 of 380	61.8%	★★★☆☆
2016	57.5	152 of 394	61.4%	★★★☆☆
2015	35.9	282 of 400	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	29.2	284 of 379	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	24.0	287 of 353	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	38.7	230 of 373	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	38.4	229 of 364	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	35.7	223 of 362	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	46.5	247 of 364	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2008	51.1	221 of 360	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2007	50.9	209 of 354	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2006	61.7	137 of 349	60.7%	★★★☆☆
2005	66.6	98 of 349	71.9%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2025	93.0	3 of 132	97.7%	★★★★★
2023	40.3	55 of 125	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	25.6	90 of 125	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	31.1	86 of 122	29.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	37.0	67 of 119	43.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	51.8	31 of 94	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	65.7	13 of 74	82.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	42.4	229 of 395	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2025	49.9	187 of 387	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	38.4	247 of 392	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	54.4	154 of 388	60.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	32.7	126 of 194	35.1%	★★☆☆☆
2025	48.6	85 of 181	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	37.4	109 of 184	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.4	80 of 166	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	43.4	85 of 164	48.2%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	36.3	254 of 390	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2025	34.6	264 of 377	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.8	270 of 377	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	42.7	222 of 379	41.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	46.2	205 of 397	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2025	36.6	252 of 386	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	48.6	188 of 392	52.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.7	151 of 383	60.6%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	10.4	107 of 112	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	29.9	78 of 111	29.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	44.1	50 of 102	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.6	57 of 104	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	11.6	87 of 94	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	34.5	197 of 292	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2025	55.8	99 of 298	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.8	113 of 289	60.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.0	137 of 285	51.9%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Indiana percentile	Rating
2026	44.6	195 of 387	49.6%	★★★☆☆
2025	38.0	236 of 377	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.2	213 of 381	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.2	155 of 375	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.3	152 of 378	59.8%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2025)98th percentile+50 vs school

White (2026)50th percentile~ school

Male (2026)48th percentile~ school

Female (2026)42nd percentile-6 vs school

Hispanic (2026)35th percentile-13 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)35th percentile-13 vs school

Special Education (2026)33rd percentile-15 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)30th percentile-18 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)4th percentile-43 vs school

By subject vs Indiana (2025-2026) ?

Evidence-based Reading and Writing46%-5 vs state

Biology28%

Mathematics25%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	ILEARN English Language Arts (2026)			ILEARN Math (2026)			ILEARN Biology (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	SAT Evidence-based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 7th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts 8th Grade	ILEARN English Language Arts All Grades	ILEARN Math 7th Grade	ILEARN Math 8th Grade	ILEARN Math All Grades	ILEARN Biology End of Course	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Columbus East High School	Public	9-12	230 S Marr Rd	Columbus	47201	Bartholomew County	Bartholomew Con School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 376-4369	1,452	97	14.9	39.5%	1,085 (74.7%)	40 (2.8%)	238 (16.4%)	16 (1.1%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	68 (4.7%)	46.1	216^th of 415 public high schools	48.0%		46.5	223^rd of 429 public high schools	48.0%	7	46.4	25.3							28.3	$13,435	$811	$12,624
Columbus Signature Academy New Technical High School	Public	9-12	2205 25th Street	Columbus	47201	Bartholomew County	Bartholomew Con School Corp	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(812) 376-4220	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	35.4	279^th of 415 public high schools	32.8%					(n/a)	33.7	13.3							46.3
Excel Center - Bartholomew County	Public, Charter	9-12	1235 Jackson Street	Columbus	47201	Bartholomew County	Excel Center - Bartholomew County	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(812) 372-4448	49	6	8.1	67.3%	32 (65.3%)	4 (8.2%)	10 (20.4%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.1%)								(n/a)
Columbus North High School	Public	9-12	1400 25th St	Columbus	47201	Bartholomew County	Bartholomew Con School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 376-4432	2,360	159	14.8	35.0%	1,448 (61.4%)	59 (2.5%)	581 (24.6%)	179 (7.6%)	4 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	87 (3.7%)	70.2	77^th of 415 public high schools	81.4%		66.6	98^th of 429 public high schools	77.2%	21	59.1	34.2							38.7	$12,244	$888	$11,356
Columbus Area Career Connection	Public	6-12	1400 25th St	Columbus	47201	Bartholomew County	Bartholomew Con School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 376-4240	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Hauser Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	9273 N Sr 9	Hope	47246	Bartholomew County	Flat Rock-Hawcreek School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 546-4421	435	36	12.2	43.9%	406 (93.3%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.5%)	16 (3.7%)	52.4	179^th of 415 public high schools	56.9%		58.8	151^st of 429 public high schools	64.8%	28	53.6	21.7	35.8	36.4	36.1	24.7	29.9	27.2	37.3	$13,406	$659	$12,747
Edinburgh Community High School	Public	9-12	300 S Keeley St	Edinburgh	46124	Johnson County	Edinburgh Community School Corp	No	No	No	No	(812) 526-5501	232	16	14.5	48.7%	194 (83.6%)	1 (0.4%)	28 (12.1%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.4%)	45.5	220^th of 415 public high schools	47.0%		44.7	231^st of 429 public high schools	46.2%	11	47.1	26.5							28.6	$13,327	$411	$12,915
Seymour Senior High School	Public	9-12	1350 W 2nd St	Seymour	47274	Jackson County	Seymour Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 522-4384	1,729	100	17.3	58.6%	864 (50.0%)	25 (1.4%)	770 (44.5%)	16 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (3.1%)	28.5	301^st of 415 public high schools	27.5%		34.6	287^th of 429 public high schools	33.1%	14	34.8	14.9							31.5	$10,303	$990	$9,314
South Decatur Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	8885 S Sr 3	Greensburg	47240	Decatur County	Decatur County Community Schools	No	No	No	No	(812) 591-3330	360	40	9.1	52.5%	340 (94.4%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	50.9	191^st of 415 public high schools	54.0%		39.7	268^th of 429 public high schools	37.5%	77	51.6	21.0	30.8	56.0	41.7	24.6	10.0	18.3	31.4	$13,089	$593	$12,496
Southwestern High School	Public	7-12	3406 W 600 S	Shelbyville	46176	Shelby County	Southwestern Con School Shelby County	No	No	No	No	(317) 729-5122	264	22	12.0	43.2%	247 (93.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	63.4	112^th of 415 public high schools	73.0%		30.5	305^th of 429 public high schools	28.9%	193	57.7	23.1	51.1	65.9	58.0	31.9	31.7	31.8	52.8	$12,738	$191	$12,547

Frequently Asked Questions about Columbus East High School

Is Columbus East High School a good school?

Columbus East High School ranks 216^th of 415 Indiana high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Columbus East High School?

Students at Columbus East High School are 75% White, 16% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 3% African American, 1% Asian.

How many students attend Columbus East High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,452 students attended Columbus East High School.

What district is Columbus East High School in?

Bartholomew Con School Corp

What schools feed into Columbus East High School?

Columbus East High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Clifty Creek Elementary School
Elementary : L F Smith Elementary
Elementary : Rockcreek Elementary School
Elementary : W D Richards Elementary School
Middle : Northside Middle School

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2025–26 ILEARN & SAT test scoresNewSep 25, 2026

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