Summary:
ZIP code 44028 in Columbia Station, Ohio contains just one middle school: Columbia Middle School, a public school serving grades 5–8 with 343 students as part of the Columbia Local district. Because it is the only middle school in the area, parents have no other local middle-grade option to compare against, so the most useful benchmarks are how the school stacks up against its district, the state, and its own past results.
By those measures, Columbia Middle School performs strongly. Its district, Columbia Local, ranks 112th of 773 districts in Ohio (86th percentile, 4 stars), and the school itself ranked 172nd of 1,046 schools in 2025–2026 (84th percentile, 4 stars) — up from the 72nd percentile in 2023–2024. In 2025–2026, it exceeded the state average in 10 of 11 reported test areas. Standouts include Algebra I at 100% proficient, 8th grade science at 90%, and 8th grade ELA at 80.5%, while 5th grade ELA (70.3%) was essentially level with the state. Chronic absenteeism is 12.8%, slightly better than the district's 13.3%, and 67.06% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025.
Year-over-year trends give parents a mixed but mostly positive picture. Math improved across grades 5, 6, and 7 (+11.1, +6.1, and +4.2 points), with 8th grade math dipping slightly (-1.5 points) but staying far above the state. ELA results were uneven: 8th grade rose 2.6 points and 7th grade edged up 0.9, while 5th grade fell 2.5 points to the state average and 6th grade dropped 8.9 points — though still above the state. The main areas to watch are the lower-grade ELA scores. Note that per-student spending of $12,432 dates to 2018–2019 and should not be treated as current.
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