Summary:
ZIP code 44028 (Columbia Station, Ohio) is served by three public schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — all part of the Columbia Local district, together enrolling about 1,040 students from prekindergarten through 12th grade. The district is rated 4 stars and ranks in the 86th percentile of Ohio districts, and all three schools earned 4 stars in 2025–2026.
Columbia High School has the strongest overall profile: it ranks in the 87th percentile among Ohio high schools, graduates 97.2% of its students, and posts above-state proficiency in American Government (95.7% vs 71.6%), Biology (88.6% vs 67.0%), American History (88.4% vs 73.2%), and English II (77.8% vs 62.7%). Columbia Middle School is the math and science standout, with 100% Algebra I proficiency, 90% in 8th grade science, and 80.5% in 8th grade ELA — all well above state averages — even though 67.06% of its students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Copopa Elementary School shows the clearest improvement, moving from 3 stars and the 63rd percentile in 2023–2024 to 4 stars and the 79th percentile in 2025–2026, with all four of its 2025–2026 tested subjects above state averages.
The main area to watch is chronic absenteeism, which rises with grade level: 11.3% at Copopa Elementary, 12.8% at Columbia Middle, and 16.9% at Columbia High — the only school above the district rate of 13.3%. Test-score momentum is mixed by grade and subject; for example, the high school's Geometry fell from 70.0% to 61.8% and English II from 83.1% to 77.8%, though both remain above state averages. Keep in mind that middle-school Algebra I likely reflects a selected group of advanced test-takers, and per-student spending figures date to 2018–2019 and are historical context rather than current-year spending.
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