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Schools in New Ulm

New Ulm’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Texas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Texas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
48%
2021–22
Math proficiency
35%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.1K
▲ 2% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.0
TX 14.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,645 students on the public path
In brief

New Ulm’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of New Ulm’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s 7,796 public schools. Columbus H S places highest (better than 52%); Columbus El lowest (45%). 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 Ulm, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Columbus Elin ColumbusB−
6–8Columbus J Hin ColumbusB−
9–12Columbus H Sin ColumbusB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Columbus Independent 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.

Columbus Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 1,659 students, up 8% since 2020–21 · 14.0 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$13,065TX $12,815 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Below the state in reading

Reading48%
State average 51.1% · 792 students tested
Math35%
State average 40.9% · 791 students tested

New Ulm vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share New Ulm’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
New Ulm—Columbus Independent

Every school in New Ulm

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

Also serving New Ulmin other towns
Columbus El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Columbus
B−
798 students16:1Rate it →
Columbus J H
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Columbus
B−
323 students12:1Rate it →
Columbus H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Columbus
B−
524 students13:1Rate it →

Questions about New Ulm’s schools

Are New Ulm’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for New Ulm. Columbus Independent School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for New Ulm. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is New Ulm in?

Columbus Independent School District.

Where do New Ulm kids go to high school?

Columbus H S.

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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.