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Schools in New Columbus

New Columbus’s public schools

Northwest Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Columbus. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
30%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.3K
▼ 2% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.6
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
881 students on the public path
In brief

New Columbus’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of New Columbus’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Northwest Area HS places highest (better than 23%); Northwest Area Intermediate Sch lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in New Columbus, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–2Northwest Area Primary Schin ShickshinnyNo scores
3–6Northwest Area Intermediate Schin ShickshinnyC−
7–12Northwest Area HSin ShickshinnyC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Northwest Area School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Northwest Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 881 students, down 7% since 2020–21 · 12.6 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$21,347PA $21,758 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading51%
State average 55.1% · 459 students tested
Math30%
State average 36.1% · 444 students tested

New Columbus vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share New Columbus’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Columbus—Northwest Area
HuntingtonC+Northwest Area
Fishing CreekB+Benton Area
BentonB+Benton Area

Every school in New Columbus

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving New Columbusin other towns
Northwest Area Primary Sch
Elementary · Grades PK–2 · Shickshinny
215 students22:1Rate it →
Northwest Area Intermediate Sch
Elementary · Grades 3–6 · Shickshinny
C−
260 students11:1Rate it →
Northwest Area HS
High · Grades 7–12 · Shickshinny
C−
406 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about New Columbus’s schools

Are New Columbus’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Columbus. Northwest Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Columbus. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Columbus in?

Northwest Area School District.

Where do New Columbus kids go to high school?

Northwest Area HS.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.