CHS AMONG MOST "CHALLENGING" HIGH SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE

Columbia High School is considered one of the most "challenging" in the nation, according to The Washington Post, which ranked CHS 1,537 out of 2,200 high schools reviewed nationwide.

The ranking is based on "the number of college-level tests given at a school in the previous calendar year divided by the number of graduates that year. Also noted are the percentage of students who come from families that qualify for lunch subsidies (Subs. lunch) and the percentage of graduates who passed at least one college-level test during their high school career, called equity and excellence, (E&E)," the Post reports.

The report indicates CHS improved from a 1,697th ranking a year ago, but is still lower than it had been in the three years prior to that.

	YEAR			RANK
	2014			1697
	2013			1472
	2012			944
	2011			1346