Proficient or Advanced · English, grade 11, spring 2026
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 18%
- Downey High
- Clearly ahead: 68%
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Columbus (Christopher) High and Downey High
Downey High is at the 64th percentile among California high schools.
Columbus (Christopher) High is ranked only against other continuation schools, so it isn’t drawn on California’s statewide picture.
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marks a figure clearly ahead of the other school: the gap is more than twice the margin of error. On chronic absence it marks the lowest. California: the same grades statewide; absence is the average California high school.
Learning foundations
Academic achievement
In spring 2026 English and math results, Proficient (met) and Advanced (exceeded) are the top two levels.
Advanced (exceeded) · English
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 3%
- Downey High
- Clearly ahead: 30%
Proficient or Advanced · math, grade 11, spring 2026
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 0%
- Downey High
- Clearly ahead: 35%
Advanced (exceeded) · math
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 0%
- Downey High
- Clearly ahead: 13%
Attendance & belonging
Life at school
Attendance and suspension records provide context for questions to ask.
Chronically absent, per 100 students, 2025–26
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 57
- Downey High
- Clearly ahead: 20
California reference 74
Suspended at least once, 2025–26
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 3.8%
- Downey High
- 3.3%
The everyday setting
School context
Size, grades and staffing help you picture the school. A staffing ratio is not class size.
Enrollment
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 368
- Downey High
- 4,051
Students per teacher (a staffing ratio, not class size)
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 16.7
- Downey High
- 24.0
Grades offered
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 9–12
- Downey High
- 8–12
Underlying Scope Scores
Scope Score (it places a school among schools at its level; it isn’t a grade)
- Columbus (Christopher) High
- 31 of 100within its own class
- Downey High
- 61 of 100
Sources and definitions
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026: the share of students tested in the level’s grades who met or exceeded the standard, per subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades. Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts; “chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores, for grades 4–8. Private-school enrollment and staffing come from the federal private school survey.