Columbia Heights Transition Program
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS · MN · Columbia Heights Public School Dist · Public
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Anchor → FAIRVIEW PROGRAM → Lionsgate Academy - Lynx Program → REACH Academy → Secondary Lighthouse → Minneapolis Academy & Career Extend → Children's MN Roseville PHP → MPS Metro HA →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Columbia Heights Transition Program compares for families
What families should know about Columbia Heights Transition Program.
- ▸ LocallyMN students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+7 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Anchor, FAIRVIEW PROGRAM, Lionsgate Academy - Lynx Program and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,778/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +12.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 11 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor COLUMBIA HEIGHTS |
Public | 0.0 | 11 | — |
| FAIRVIEW PROGRAM ROSEVILLE |
Public | 4.5 | 10 | — |
| Lionsgate Academy - Lynx Program SHOREVIEW |
Public · charter | 5.6 | 12 | — |
| REACH Academy SHOREVIEW |
Public | 4.6 | 13 | — |
| Secondary Lighthouse SPRING LAKE PARK |
Public | 4.0 | 8 | — |
| Minneapolis Academy & Career Extend MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 4.8 | 17 | — |
| Children's MN Roseville PHP ROSEVILLE |
Public | 3.1 | 6 | — |
| MPS Metro HA MINNEAPOLIS |
Public | 4.4 | 19 | — |